- When the Philistines asked, "Who did this?" they were told, "Samson, the Timnite's son-in-law, because his wife was given to his friend." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
- Samson said to them, "Since you've acted like this, I won't stop until I get my revenge on you."
- He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.
- The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.
- The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to fight us?" "We have come to take Samson prisoner," they answered, "to do to him as he did to us."
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- Then the Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.
- Samson said to them, "Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit."
- He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
- Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.
- The men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" And they said, "We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us."
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