Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
"Let me die with the Philistines"  (Judges 16:30).  This was Samson's prayer for God to allow him to die, that being the only way out of the terrible disgrace into which he had fallen.  God did hear Samson, and God answered his prayer.  Samson should not be classified as a suicide.  "He was not a suicide, but a hero, who saw that it was necessary for him to plunge into the midst of his enemies with the inevitable certainty of death, in order to effect his deliverance of God's people and to demonstrate the superiority of Jehovah."[29]