1But it came to pass within a while after3117, in the time3117 of wheat2406 harvest7105, that Samson8123 visited6485 his wife802 with a kid1423 5795; and he said559, I will go in935 to my wife802 into the chamber2315. But her father1 would not suffer5414 him to go in935.
2And her father1 said559, I verily559 thought559 that thou hadst utterly8130 hated8130 her; therefore I gave5414 her to thy companion4828: is not her younger6996 sister269 fairer2896 than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3And Samson8123 said559 concerning them, Now6471 shall I be more blameless5352 than the Philistines6430, though I do6213 them a displeasure7451.
4And Samson8123 went3212 and caught3920 three7969 hundred3967 foxes7776, and took3947 firebrands3940, and turned6437 tail2180 to tail2180, and put7760 a259 firebrand3940 in the midst8432 between two8147 tails2180.
5And when he had set1197 the brands3940 on fire784, he let them go7971 into the standing corn7054 of the Philistines6430, and burnt up1197 both the shocks1430, and also the standing corn7054, with the vineyards3754 and olives2132.
6Then the Philistines6430 said559, Who hath done6213 this? And they answered559, Samson8123, the son in law2860 of the Timnite8554, because he had taken3947 his wife802, and given5414 her to his companion4828. And the Philistines6430 came up5927, and burnt8313 her and her father1 with fire784.
7And Samson8123 said559 unto them, Though518 ye have done6213 this2063, yet will I be avenged5358 of you, and after310 that I will cease2308.
8And he smote5221 them hip7785 and5921 thigh3409 with a great1419 slaughter4347: and he went down3381 and dwelt3427 in the top5585 of the rock5553 Etam5862.
9Then the Philistines6430 went up5927, and pitched2583 in Judah3063, and spread5203 themselves in Lehi3896.
10And the men376 of Judah3063 said559, Why are ye come up5927 against us? And they answered559, To bind631 Samson8123 are we come up5927, to do6213 to him as he hath done6213 to us.
11Then three7969 thousand505 men376 of Judah3063 went3381 to the top5585 of the rock5553 Etam5862, and said559 to Samson8123, Knowest3045 thou not that the Philistines6430 are rulers4910 over us? what is this that thou hast done6213 unto us? And he said559 unto them, As they did6213 unto me, so have I done6213 unto them.
12And they said559 unto him, We are come down3381 to bind631 thee, that we may deliver5414 thee into the hand3027 of the Philistines6430. And Samson8123 said559 unto them, Swear7650 unto me, that ye will not fall upon6293 me yourselves.
13And they spake559 unto him, saying559, No; but we will bind631 thee fast631, and deliver5414 thee into their hand3027: but surely4191 we will not kill4191 thee. And they bound631 him with two8147 new2319 cords5688, and brought him up5927 from the rock5553.
14And when he came935 unto Lehi3896, the Philistines6430 shouted7321 against7125 him: and the Spirit7307 of the LORD3068 came mightily6743 upon him, and the cords5688 that were upon his arms2220 became as flax6593 that was burnt1197 with fire784, and his bands612 loosed4549 from off his hands3027.
15And he found4672 a new2961 jawbone3895 of an ass2543, and put forth7971 his hand3027, and took3947 it, and slew5221 a thousand505 men376 therewith.
16And Samson8123 said559, With the jawbone3895 of an ass2543, heaps2565 upon heaps2565, with the jaw3895 of an ass2543 have I slain5221 a thousand505 men376.
17And it came to pass, when he had made an end3615 of speaking1696, that he cast away7993 the jawbone3895 out of his hand3027, and called7121 that place4725 Ramathlehi7437.
18And he was sore3966 athirst6770, and called7121 on the LORD3068, and said559, Thou hast given5414 this great1419 deliverance8668 into the hand3027 of thy servant5650: and now shall I die4191 for thirst6772, and fall5307 into the hand3027 of the uncircumcised6189?
19But God430 clave1234 an hollow place4388 that was in the jaw3895, and there came3318 water4325 thereout; and when he had drunk8354, his spirit7307 came again7725, and he revived2421: wherefore he called7121 the name8034 thereof Enhakkore5875, which is in Lehi3896 unto this day3117.
20And he judged8199 Israel3478 in the days3117 of the Philistines6430 twenty6242 years8141.