me: Heb. my soul
and the house: Job 20:5, Job 31:3; Psalms 62:3; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Matthew 24:38-39; 1 Thessalonians 5:2
So the dead: Judges 14:19, Judges 15:8, Judges 15:15; Genesis 3:15; Philippians 2:8; Colossians 2:15; Hebrews 2:14-15
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Judges 16:30
Judges 16:30
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