As Block points out, the statement concerning Samson’s killing more Philistines in his death than in his life is not a vindication of Samson but rather is a tragic note on which this squandered life ends.139 “This man, with his unprecedented high calling and with his extraordinary divine gifts, has wasted his life. Indeed, he accomplishes more for God dead than alive”140—not because of Samson but because of Yahweh.
