Samson’s End

The Philistines succeeded finally in getting Samson into their power. They took him, bored out his eyes, brought him down to Gaza, bound him in fetters of brass made him grind in the prison house, and gave glory to their god. In the midst of their jubilation, he pulled down over himself and them the temple of their god where they were congregated and his soul died with the Philistines. The liberal interpreters pass a harsh judgment on this last doing of Samson. "The last scene of Samson's...