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1. At the time of the wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife, tak- ing a young goat with him. He said, "I'm going to my wife's room," but her father would not let him go in.
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1. But it came to pass H1961 within a while H4480 H3117 after , in the time H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 , that Samson H8123 visited H6485 H853 his wife H802 with a kid H1423 H5795 ; and he said H559 , I will go in H935 to H413 my wife H802 into the chamber H2315 . But her father H1 would not H3808 suffer H5414 him to go in H935 .
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2. He said to Samson, "I thought you really hated your wife, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more beautiful. Take her instead."
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2. And her father H1 said H559 , I verily thought H559 H559 that H3588 thou hadst utterly hated H8130 H8130 her ; therefore I gave H5414 her to thy companion H4828 : is not H3808 her younger H6996 sister H269 fairer H2896 than H4480 she? take H1961 her , I pray thee H4994 , instead H8478 of her.
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3. But Samson said to them, "This time no one will blame me for hurting you Philistines!"
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3. And Samson H8123 said H559 concerning them, Now H6471 shall I be more blameless H5352 than the Philistines H4480 H6430 , though H3588 I H589 do H6213 H5973 them a displeasure H7451 .
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4. So Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. He took two foxes at a time, tied their tails together, and then tied a torch to the tails of each pair of foxes.
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4. And Samson H8123 went H1980 and caught H3920 three H7969 hundred H3967 foxes H7776 , and took H3947 firebrands H3940 , and turned H6437 tail H2180 to H413 tail H2180 , and put H7760 a H259 firebrand H3940 in the midst H8432 between H996 two H8147 tails H2180 .
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5. After he lit the torches, he let the foxes loose in the grainfields of the Philistines so that he burned up their standing grain, the piles of grain, their vineyards, and their olive trees.
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5. And when he had set H1197 the brands H3940 on fire H784 , he let them go H7971 into the standing corn H7054 of the Philistines H6430 , and burnt up H1197 both the shocks H4480 H1430 , and also H5704 the standing corn H7054 , with H5704 the vineyards H3754 and olives H2132 .
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6. The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" Someone told them, "Samson, the son-in-law of the man from Timnah, did because his father-in-law gave his wife to his best man." So the Philistines burned Samson's wife and her father to death.
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6. Then the Philistines H6430 said H559 , Who H4310 hath done H6213 this H2063 ? And they answered H559 , Samson H8123 , the son H2860 -in-law of the Timnite H8554 , because H3588 he had taken H3947 H853 his wife H802 , and given H5414 her to his companion H4828 . And the Philistines H6430 came up H5927 , and burnt H8313 her and her father H1 with fire H784 .
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7. Then Samson said to the Philistines, "Since you did this, I won't stop until I pay you back!"
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7. And Samson H8123 said H559 unto them, Though H518 ye have done H6213 this H2063 , yet H3588 H518 will I be avenged H5358 of you , and after that H310 I will cease H2308 .
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8. Samson attacked the Philistines and killed many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.
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8. And he smote H5221 them hip H7785 and H5921 thigh H3409 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347 : and he went down H3381 and dwelt H3427 in the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam H5862 .
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9. The Philistines went up and camped in the land of Judah, near a place named Lehi.
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9. Then the Philistines H6430 went up H5927 , and pitched H2583 in Judah H3063 , and spread themselves H5203 in Lehi H3896 .
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10. The men of Judah asked them, "Why have you come here to fight us?" They answered, "We have come to make Samson our prisoner, to pay him back for what he did to our people."
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10. And the men H376 of Judah H3063 said H559 , Why H4100 are ye come up H5927 against H5921 us? And they answered H559 , To bind H631 H853 Samson H8123 are we come up H5927 , to do H6213 to him as H834 he hath done H6213 to us.
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11. Then three thousand men of Judah went to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "What have you done to us? Don't you know that the Philistines rule over us?" Samson answered, "I only paid them back for what they did to me."
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11. Then three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of Judah H4480 H3063 went H3381 to H413 the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam H5862 , and said H559 to Samson H8123 , Knowest H3045 thou not H3808 that H3588 the Philistines H6430 are rulers H4910 over us? what H4100 is this H2063 that thou hast done H6213 unto us? And he said H559 unto them, As H834 they did H6213 unto me, so H3651 have I done H6213 unto them.
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12. Then they said to him, "We have come to tie you up and to hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Promise me you will not hurt me yourselves."
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12. And they said H559 unto him , We are come down H3381 to bind H631 thee , that we may deliver H5414 thee into the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430 . And Samson H8123 said H559 unto them, Swear H7650 unto me, that H6435 ye will not fall H6293 upon me yourselves H859 .
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13. The men from Judah said, "We agree. We will just tie you up and give you to the Philistines. We will not kill you." So they tied Samson with two new ropes and led him up from the cave in the rock.
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13. And they spoke H559 unto him, saying H559 , No H3808 ; but H3588 we will bind thee fast H631 H631 , and deliver H5414 thee into their hand H3027 : but surely we will not kill H4191 H3808 H4191 thee . And they bound H631 him with two H8147 new H2319 cords H5688 , and brought him up H5927 from H4480 the rock H5553 .
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14. When Samson came to the place named Lehi, the Philistines came to meet him, shouting for joy. Then the Spirit of the Lord entered Samson and gave him great power. The ropes on him weakened like burned strings and fell off his hands!
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14. And when he H1931 came H935 unto H5704 Lehi H3896 , the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 against H7125 him : and the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came mightily H6743 upon H5921 him , and the cords H5688 that H834 were upon H5921 his arms H2220 became H1961 as flax H6593 that H834 was burnt H1197 with fire H784 , and his bands H612 loosed H4549 from off H4480 H5921 his hands H3027 .
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15. Samson found the jawbone of a dead donkey, took it, and killed a thousand men with it!
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15. And he found H4672 a new H2961 jawbone H3895 of an ass H2543 , and put forth H7971 his hand H3027 , and took H3947 it , and slew H5221 a thousand H505 men H376 therewith.
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16. Then Samson said, "With a donkey's jawbone I made donkeys out of them. With a donkey's jawbone I killed a thousand men!"
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16. And Samson H8123 said H559 , With the jawbone H3895 of an ass H2543 , heaps upon heaps H2565 H2565 , with the jaw H3895 of an ass H2543 have I slain H5221 a thousand H505 men H376 .
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17. When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone. So that place was named Ramath Lehi.
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17. And it came to pass H1961 , when he had made an end H3615 of speaking H1696 , that he cast away H7993 the jawbone H3895 out of his hand H4480 H3027 , and called H7121 that H1931 place H4725 Ramath H7437 -lehi.
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18. Samson was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord, "You gave me, your servant, this great victory. Do I have to die of thirst now? Do I have to be captured by people who are not circumcised?"
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18. And he was sore athirst H6770 H3966 , and called H7121 on H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , Thou H859 hast given H5414 H853 this H2063 great H1419 deliverance H8668 into the hand H3027 of thy servant H5650 : and now H6258 shall I die H4191 for thirst H6772 , and fall H5307 into the hand H3027 of the uncircumcised H6189 ?
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19. Then God opened up a hole in the ground at Lehi, and water came out. When Samson drank, he felt better; he felt strong again. So he named that spring Caller's Spring, which is still in Lehi.
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19. But God H430 cleaved H1234 H853 a hollow place H4388 that H834 was in the jaw H3895 , and there came H3318 water H4325 therefrom H4480 ; and when he had drunk H8354 , his spirit H7307 came again H7725 , and he revived H2421 : wherefore H5921 H3651 he called H7121 the name H8034 thereof En H5875 -hakkore, which H834 is in Lehi H3896 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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20. Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
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20. And he judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 in the days H3117 of the Philistines H6430 twenty H6242 years H8141 .
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