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Please link the Bible verse and credit the illustrator. The artist, and this specific illustration, are often named in Israeli sources about the story of Samson, and an antique Bible in an Israeli war history museum that includes a copy of this illustration. I put the details in a footnote. 2405:6E00:631:DAB0:DD49:80D4:A17B:E5C8 (talk) 20:15, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
Added a citation for the full verse. 2405:6E00:631:2A6D:B45B:2F91:D8BF:34BE (talk)
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| − | [[File:064.The Death of Samson.jpg|thumb|According to  | + | [[File:064.The Death of Samson.jpg|thumb|According to [[Judges 16:30]], [[Samson]] died when he grasped two pillars of the Temple of [[Dagon]], and "bowed himself with all his might" ([[KJV]]), Illustration by [[Gustave Doré]]. ]] | 
- ^ This illustration and over 100 others from Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours were included in an illustrated Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: התנ"ך בתמונות, lit. 'The Bible in Pictures') published in 1946.[2][3][4] The Israeli Defense Ministry's Museum of the Underground Prisoners has historic copy of this Bible from 1947.[5][6][7]
Shortened the footnote. 2405:6E00:631:2A6D:2A73:9865:F01C:EE94 (talk) 01:16, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
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== References ==
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- Made this clearer by adding <nowiki></nowiki>. 2405:6E00:631:2A6D:A555:75AB:7241:A02E (talk) 06:04, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
Previously I had [Note 1] just in superscript tags and wrote the footnote in the Notes section. But I think I managed to work out the right way to do a footnote now? It looks weird in the "text diff" but it works outside. 2405:6E00:631:DAB0:DD49:80D4:A17B:E5C8 (talk) 02:53, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
References
- ^ 
Book of Judges: Chapter 16: Verse 30
- King James Version — "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Other translations: "Judges 16:30". www.biblegateway.com Bible Gateway. HarperCollins.
- Hebrew Bible — תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם פְּלִשְׁתִּים (טז, ל) [My soul perished with the Philistines (16:30)]. edu.929.org.il (in Hebrew). Ministry of Education (Israel). Archived from the original on 2025-10-31. וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל כָּל הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתוֹ רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּיו.
 
- King James Version — "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. 
- ^ התנ"ך בתמונות [The Bible in Pictures] (in Hebrew). Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Sinai Book Publishing (הוצאת ספרים סיני). 1946. p. 45 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) (citation only, full book unavailable online) Publisher: סיני ספרי קודש ותשמישי קדושה - ספרי יהדות, מזוזות, תפילין וטליתות [Sinai Holy Books and Sacred Objects - Jewish Books, Mezuzahs, Tefillin, and Tallitot]. www.sinai-books.com.
- ^ כל הדרך לגרדום: ימיו האחרונים של מאיר פיינשטיין [All the way to the gallows: The last days of Meir Feinstein]. Makor Rishon (in Hebrew). לפני עשור, כסגירת מעגל נוספת, חזר במפתיע לידי המשפחה ספר שהעניק בנימין למאיר בזמן מאסרו: עותק של "התנ"ך בתמונות" שאייר גוסטב דורה... רואים גם שהספר נפתח הרבה פעמים בעמוד 45: זה העמוד שבו נמצא האיור של שמשון, והפסוק 'תמות נפשי עם פלשתים'. כך גם בעמוד של שאול הנופל על חרבו. בעמודים האלה הם כנראה עיינו הרבה, וזה חלק מההיתר שנתנו לעצמם, למות בדרך שבה בחרו". [A decade ago, as another closing of the circle, a book that Binyamin had given to Meir during his imprisonment unexpectedly returned to the family: a copy of the "Bible in Pictures" illustrated by Gustave Doré... You can also see that the book opens many times to page 45: this is the page where the illustration of Samson is found, and the verse 'My soul shall die with the Philistines'. The same goes for the page of Saul falling on his sword. They probably looked at these pages a lot, and that is part of the permission they gave themselves, to die in the way they chose".]
- ^ Reporter: Eli Mendlbaum, Featuring: Eliezer Feinstein, shown holding the bible, opened to page 45 (2012). צפו: התנ"ך שהקדישו עולי הגרדום [Watch: The Bible consecrated by the Olei Hagardom]. mako.co.il (video). Mount of Olives: beside the graves of Meir Feinstein (1929-1947), Moshe Barazani (1926-1947), Aliza Begin (1920–1982), and Menachem Begin (1913-1992).: Channel 12 (Israel).  Event occurs at 2:02.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: location (link) Video included in the written report: Silberman, Yossi; Mendlbaum, Eli. התנ"ך שהקדישו עולי הגרדום [The Bible consecrated by the Olei Hagardom]. mako.co.il. בעמוד 45 בספר מופיעות התמונות המתארות את מותו של שמשון הגיבור, שאמר "תמות נפשי עם פלשתים". בעמוד זה, טוען אליעזר, הרבו שני עולי הגרדום לעיין, וכהוכחה לכך הוא מציג את סימני טיפות הקפה שנותרו על הדף". [On page 45 of the book appear the pictures depicting the death of the hero Samson, who said, "My soul shall die with the Philistines". This page, Eliezer claims, was frequently read by the two who were on the gallows, and as proof of this he presents the marks of the coffee drops left on the page.]
- ^ Yair Sheleg (7 April 2007). "The Good Jailer". Haaretz. The ceremony will be held at the Museum of the Underground Prisoners. The Bible, which Feinstein kept in his cell, contains about 115 woodcut illustrations by Gustave Dore... Subsequently, the book will be presented for safekeeping to the museum... Hebrew edition: הסוהר הטוב [The good jailer]. Haaretz הארץ. 4 April 2007.
- ^ "The writing on the wall". The Jerusalem Post. 19 April 2007. One of the best-known stories of heroism leading to the creation of the State of Israel is that of Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani... Last night a ceremony took place at the Museum of the Underground Prisoners with the participation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ... The event, organized by the Menachem Begin Heritage Center... [Meir] Feinstein's Bible, with engravings of French illustrator Gustave Dore,.. The Defense Ministry's Museum of Underground Prisoners... 
- ^ "News Brief". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 20 April 2007. The Bible, which contains some 115 woodcut illustrations by Gustave Dore, will be kept at the museum. 
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[edit]References
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Book of Judges: Chapter 16: Verse 30 (King James Version)
- "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Other translations: "Judges 16:30". www.biblegateway.com. Bible Gateway.
- "Judges 16 KJV". biblehub.com. 30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. Other translations: "Judges 16:30 Parallel". biblehub.com.And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 
 - תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם פְּלִשְׁתִּים (טז, ל) [My soul perished with the Philistines (16:30)]. edu.929.org.il (in Hebrew). Ministry of Education (Israel). Archived from the original on 2025-10-31. וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל כָּל הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתוֹ רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּיו.
- "Judges 16: Hebrew - English Bible - Mechon-Mamre". mechon-mamre.org (in Hebrew and English).  ל  וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן, תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי עִם-פְּלִשְׁתִּים, וַיֵּט בְּכֹחַ, וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל-הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל-כָּל-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ; וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים, אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתוֹ, רַבִּים, מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּיו. [30 And Samson said: 'Let me die with the Philistines'. And he bent with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life.]{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
- Steinsaltz Tenakh — "Steinsaltz on Judges 16:31". www.sefaria.org (in English and Hebrew). Sefaria. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025.  וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשׁוֹן: תָּמוֹת נַפְשִׁי, אני מוכן למות יחד עִם פְּלִשְׁתִּים. וַיֵּט, שלח, הפנה בְּכֹחַ את שני העמודים, וַיִּפֹּל הַבַּיִת עַל הַסְּרָנִים וְעַל כָּל הָעָם אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ. כשנפלו עמודי התווך, התמוטט הגג על כל הנמצאים בבית. וַיִּהְיוּ הַמֵּתִים אֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּמוֹתוֹ רַבִּים מֵאֲשֶׁר הֵמִית בְּחַיָּיו, ובכללם כל חשובי הפלשתים. [Samson said: Let my soul die with the Philistines. He leaned, moving the two pillars forcefully, and the building fell upon the governors and upon all the people who were in it. When the pillars fell, the roof of the building collapsed on all those inside the structure. The dead whom he put to death in his death, which included the entire Philistine leadership, were more than those he put to death during his life.]{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
 
- "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". Bible Gateway. 
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Judges 16:30 (King James Version): "And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life."
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 - "biblehub.com". 30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his 
 
- "biblehub.com". 
- "Judges 16:30 in all English translations". www.biblegateway.com. Bible Gateway.
- "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". www.biblegateway.com. Bible Gateway. 30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 
- "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". www.biblegateway.com. Bible Gateway. 30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. 
 
- "Bible Gateway passage: Judges 16:30 - King James Version". www.biblegateway.com. Bible Gateway. 
 
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[edit]Please use this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikisource-inline or this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikisource
It is the he.wikisource.org page for the Bible verse the Samson Option is named after.
Hopefully this is an acceptable as a request. I've not been very exact because I'm not sure what the right way to do this is, but I'm sure anyone with edit access will be able to work it out from this description.
There's also probably a rule about which part of the page it should go on. Hopefully "please add this in the right place" is ok?
2405:6E00:631:2A6D:9A68:7EB5:7CD1:9392 (talk) 21:19, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
