<vn='1'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> within a <sn="4480 3117">while</s> after, in the <sn="3117">time</s> of <sn="2406">wheat</s><sn="7105">harvest</s>, that <sn="8123">Samson</s><sn="6485">visited</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="802">wife</s> with a <sn="1423 5795">kid</s>; and he <sn="559">said</s>, I will go <sn="935">in</s><sn="413">to</s> my <sn="802">wife</s> into the <sn="2315">chamber</s>. But her <sn="1">father</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">suffer</s> him to go <sn="935">in</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And her <sn="1">father</s><sn="559">said</s>, I verily <sn="559 559">thought</s><sn="3588">that</s> thou hadst utterly <sn="8130 8130">hated</s> her; therefore I <sn="5414">gave</s> her to thy <sn="4828">companion</s>: is <sn="3808">not</s> her <sn="6996">younger</s><sn="269">sister</s><sn="2896">fairer</s><sn="4480">than</s> she? <sn="1961">take</s> her, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="8478">instead</s> of her. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="8123">Samson</s><sn="559">said</s> concerning them, <sn="6471">Now</s> shall I be more <sn="5352">blameless</s> than the <sn="4480 6430">Philistines</s>, <sn="3588">though</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="6213 5973">do</s> them a <sn="7451">displeasure</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="8123">Samson</s><sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="3920">caught</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="7776">foxes</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="3940">firebrands</s>, and <sn="6437">turned</s><sn="2180">tail</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2180">tail</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="3940">firebrand</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="2180">tails</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And when he had <sn="1197">set</s> the <sn="3940">brands</s> on <sn="784">fire</s>, he let them <sn="7971">go</s> into the standing <sn="7054">corn</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>, and burnt <sn="1197">up</s> both the <sn="4480 1430">shocks</s>, and <sn="5704">also</s> the standing <sn="7054">corn</s>, <sn="5704">with</s> the <sn="3754">vineyards</s> and <sn="2132">olives</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2063">this</s>? And they <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="8123">Samson</s>, the <sn="2860">son</s> -in-law of the <sn="8554">Timnite</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> he had <sn="3947">taken</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="802">wife</s>, and <sn="5414">given</s> her to his <sn="4828">companion</s>. And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> came <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="8313">burnt</s> her and her <sn="1">father</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="8123">Samson</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="518">Though</s> ye have <sn="6213">done</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="3588 518">yet</s> will I be <sn="5358">avenged</s> of you, and after <sn="310">that</s> I will <sn="2308">cease</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="5221">smote</s> them <sn="7785">hip</s><sn="5921">and</s><sn="3409">thigh</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>: and he went <sn="3381">down</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="5585">top</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s><sn="5862">Etam</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> went <sn="5927">up</s>, and <sn="2583">pitched</s> in <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and spread <sn="5203">themselves</s> in <sn="3896">Lehi</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">Why</s> are ye come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> us? And they <sn="559">answered</s>, To <sn="631">bind</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8123">Samson</s> are we come <sn="5927">up</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s> to him <sn="834">as</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s> to us. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4480 3063">Judah</s><sn="3381">went</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5585">top</s> of the <sn="5553">rock</s><sn="5862">Etam</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="8123">Samson</s>, <sn="3045">Knowest</s> thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> are <sn="4910">rulers</s> over us? <sn="4100">what</s> is <sn="2063">this</s> that thou hast <sn="6213">done</s> unto us? And he <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="834">As</s> they <sn="6213">did</s> unto me, <sn="3651">so</s> have I <sn="6213">done</s> unto them. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="559">said</s> unto him, We are come <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="631">bind</s> thee, that we may <sn="5414">deliver</s> thee into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. And <sn="8123">Samson</s><sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="7650">Swear</s> unto me, <sn="6435">that</s> ye will not <sn="6293">fall</s> upon me <sn="859">yourselves</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And they <sn="559">spoke</s> unto him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3808">No</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> we will bind thee <sn="631 631">fast</s>, and <sn="5414">deliver</s> thee into their <sn="3027">hand</s>: but surely we will not <sn="4191 3808 4191">kill</s> thee. And they <sn="631">bound</s> him with <sn="8147">two</s><sn="2319">new</s><sn="5688">cords</s>, and brought him <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5553">rock</s>. </v>
<vn='14'> And when <sn="1931">he</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="3896">Lehi</s>, the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="7321">shouted</s><sn="7125">against</s> him: and the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> came <sn="6743">mightily</s><sn="5921">upon</s> him, and the <sn="5688">cords</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="2220">arms</s><sn="1961">became</s> as <sn="6593">flax</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="1197">burnt</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>, and his <sn="612">bands</s><sn="4549">loosed</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> his <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And he <sn="4672">found</s> a <sn="2961">new</s><sn="3895">jawbone</s> of an <sn="2543">ass</s>, and put <sn="7971">forth</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s> it, and <sn="5221">slew</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s> therewith. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="8123">Samson</s><sn="559">said</s>, With the <sn="3895">jawbone</s> of an <sn="2543">ass</s>, heaps upon <sn="2565 2565">heaps</s>, with the <sn="3895">jaw</s> of an <sn="2543">ass</s> have I <sn="5221">slain</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="1696">speaking</s>, that he cast <sn="7993">away</s> the <sn="3895">jawbone</s> out of his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="4725">place</s><sn="7437">Ramath</s> -lehi. </v>
<vn='18'>And he was sore <sn="6770 3966">athirst</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="413">on</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> hast <sn="5414">given</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="8668">deliverance</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of thy <sn="5650">servant</s>: and <sn="6258">now</s> shall I <sn="4191">die</s> for <sn="6772">thirst</s>, and <sn="5307">fall</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6189">uncircumcised</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>But <sn="430">God</s><sn="1234">cleaved</s><sn="*853"></s> a hollow <sn="4388">place</s><sn="834">that</s> was in the <sn="3895">jaw</s>, and there <sn="3318">came</s><sn="4325">water</s><sn="4480">therefrom</s>; and when he had <sn="8354">drunk</s>, his <sn="7307">spirit</s> came <sn="7725">again</s>, and he <sn="2421">revived</s>: <sn="5921 3651">wherefore</s> he <sn="7121">called</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> thereof <sn="5875">En</s> -hakkore, <sn="834">which</s> is in <sn="3896">Lehi</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="8199">judged</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>