24. When the people saw him, they praised their god. For they said,“Our god has delivered into our powerour enemy, the ravager of our land,the one who has multiplied our slain.”
25. When their spirits were high, they said, “Call Samson that he may amuse us.” So they called Samson from the prison, and he provided amusement for them. They made him stand between the columns,
26. and Samson said to the attendant who was holding his hand, “Put me where I may touch the columns that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.”
27. The temple was full of men and women: all the lords of the Philistines were there, and from the roof about three thousand men and women looked on as Samson provided amusement.
28. Samson cried out to the Lord and said, “Lord God, remember me! Strengthen me only this once that I may avenge myself on the Philistines at one blow for my two eyes.”
29. Samson grasped the two middle columns on which the temple rested and braced himself against them, one at his right, the other at his left.