Judges 16:29-30 (ANIV)
29 Then Samson reached towards the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
DRAWING NOTES:
TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified in the Bible verses above. I have set this scene in the daytime.
LIGHTING NOTES:
Diffused sunlight from above lights this scene.
CHARACTERS PRESENT:
Samson, in chains, pushing the two central support pillars apart.
Various Philistine people screaming in terror as their temple collapses.
RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This is a very dramatic scene, showing Samson pushing apart the two central support pillars that held up the whole Philistine temple of Dagon. By doing that he caused the whole structure to topple to the ground. You can see parts of the upper gallery stones falling on the terrified Philistine people below in the foreground.