How did knocking down two pillars make the whole building collapse? (16:29–30)

How did knocking down two pillars make the whole building collapse? (16:29–30)
29 Then Samson reached toward 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.

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