Judges 16:31 (DBY)

Passage

And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

Nearby Context

Judges 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood (and he supported himself upon them), the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

Judges 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.

Judges 16:31 And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "brethren", "came", "down", "house", "father", "took", "brought", and "buried". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "brethren" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "And Samson said Let me die with...", giving immediate footing for "brethren" and "came". In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "brethren" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.