27
Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, who saw while Samson performed.
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Verse 27. Play. It is not clear from the text, whether the 3000 were distinct from those who were below. It seems this is the number of all the slain, ( Calmet.) as Josephus asserts. But the Protestants insert, “the lords of the Philistines were there: and there were upon the roof,” and so forth which shews that they understand it in the same sense as the Vulg. and the Septuagint which distinguish these outside spectators from those who filled the house, and were in company with the princes. Bible.
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