Judges Chapter 15 verse 20 Holy Bible
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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And he was judge of Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
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And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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And he judged Israel, in the days of the Philistines, twenty years.
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He judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - And he judged Israel, etc. See ch. 16:81. It looks as if it had been the intention to close the history of Samson with these Words, but that ch. 16. was subsequently added, possibly from other sources. Compare the close of chs. 20. and 21. of the Gospel of St. John. A possible explanation, however, of this verse being placed here is that it results from the statement in ver. 19, that Samson's spirit came again, and he revived, or came to life again, after being on the very point of death; and, adds the writer, he judged Israel after this for twenty years.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) And he judged Israel.--Probably, as Jephthah had done, with the sort of vague prerogatives of a military hero. Why the verse is found here, as though to close the narrative (comp. Judges 12:7, &c.), and is again repeated in Judges 16:31, we cannot say. The next chapter belongs mainly to Samson's fall and humiliation. These twenty years probably fell within the contemporary judgeship of Eli.
