Judges 16:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Judges 16:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Judges 16:31 is a verse from the book of Judges in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Judges 16:31 — KJV
“Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.”
— Judges 16:31 (KJV)
Judges 16:31 in Context — About the Book of Judges
Judges chronicles Israel's darkest cycle: sin, oppression, crying out, and rescue — repeated for generations. God raises unlikely deliverers like Gideon, Deborah, and Samson, proving He responds to honest cries for help even when His people keep failing. Grace shines against a dark backdrop.
Cross-References for Judges 16:31
“And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with Judges 16:31: house, father, israel
“So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;”
Shares key themes with Judges 16:31: house, father, israel
“And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. brook: or, valley”
Shares key themes with Judges 16:31: then, came, down
“Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.”
Shares key themes with Judges 16:31: house, father, israel
“And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. pieces...: or, lambs”
Shares key themes with Judges 16:31: father, came, brought
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