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Samson: Blindness, Judgment, Restoration 275
betrayed by a kiss from another Delilah (Judas) for silver, was
treated by the Remans: “And they blindfolded Him and were
asking Him, saying, ‘Prophesy: Who is the one who hit You?’”
(Luke 22:64).
Samson was put between the pillars. Temples in the ancient
world were generally symbolic models of the world, and their
pillars were symbols of the might of the god who upholds the
world. This was also true of the Tabernacle and Temple of the
Old Covenant. The ancients knew that the world was round,
and that there were not really pillars holding it up, but they used
that figure of speech (see for instance Job 38:6). On top of the
temple there was frequently a garden, held up by the pillars.
In the Temple of Dagon, the central pillars were like the
arms of Dagon, holding up the Philistine world. The Philistine
had confidence in the might of Dagon. They were congregated
on the roof, certain that Dagon could uphold their gardencivilization.
This is the picture we need to have in mind to understand
more fully the meaning of what happens next.
26. Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand,
“Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean
against them.”
27. Now the house was full of men and women, and all the
lords of the Philistine were there. And about 3000 men and
women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing
them.
28. Then Samson called to the LORD and said, “O Master
LoRD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this
time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistine for
my two eyes:’
29. And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the
house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his
right hand and the other with his left.
30. And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistine!” And
he bent with Strength so that the house fell on the lords and all
the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his
death were more than those whom he killed in his life.
Samson positioned himself between the two central pillars.
When he pulled them down, he symbolically pulled down the
entire civilization built upon Dagon. All five of the Philistine