But it came to pass after{H3117} a while, in the time{H3117} of wheat{H2406} harvest,{H7105} that Samson{H8123} visited{H6485} his wife{H802} with a kid;{H1423} and he said,{H559} I will go in{H935} to my wife{H802} into the chamber.{H2315} But her father{H1} would not suffer{H5414} him to go in.{H935}

And her father{H1} said,{H559} I verily{H559} thought{H559} that thou hadst utterly{H8130} hated{H8130} her; therefore I gave{H5414} her to thy companion:{H4828} is not her younger{H6996} sister{H269} fairer{H2896} than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

And Samson{H8123} said{H559} unto them, This{H6471} time shall I be blameless{H5352} in regard of the Philistines,{H6430} when I do{H6213} them a mischief.{H7451}

And Samson{H8123} went{H3212} and caught{H3920} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} foxes,{H7776} and took{H3947} firebrands,{H3940} and turned{H6437} tail{H2180} to tail,{H2180} and put{H7760} a{H259} firebrand{H3940} in the midst{H8432} between every two{H8147} tails.{H2180}

And when he had set{H1197} the brands{H3940} on fire,{H784} he let them go{H7971} into the standing grain{H7054} of the Philistines,{H6430} and burnt up{H1197} both the shocks{H1430} and the standing grain,{H7054} and also the oliveyards.{H2132}

Then the Philistines{H6430} said,{H559} Who hath done{H6213} this? And they said,{H559} Samson,{H8123} the son-in-law{H2860} of the Timnite,{H8554} because he hath taken{H3947} 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}

And Samson{H8123} said{H559} unto them, If{H518} ye do{H6213} after this{H2063} manner, surely I will be avenged{H5358} of you, and after{H310} that I will cease.{H2308}

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 cleft{H5585} of the rock{H5553} of Etam.{H5862}

Then the Philistines{H6430} went up,{H5927} and encamped{H2583} in Judah,{H3063} and spread{H5203} themselves in Lehi.{H3896}

And the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} said,{H559} Why are ye come up{H5927} against us? And they said,{H559} To bind{H631} Samson{H8123} are we come up,{H5927} to do{H6213} to him as he hath done{H6213} to us.

Then three{H7969} thousand{H505} men{H376} of Judah{H3063} went{H3381} down to the cleft{H5585} of the rock{H5553} of Etam,{H5862} and said{H559} to Samson,{H8123} Knowest{H3045} thou not that the Philistines{H6430} are rulers{H4910} over us? what then is this that thou hast done{H6213} unto us? And he said{H559} unto them, As they did{H6213} unto me, so have I done{H6213} unto them.

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 ye will not fall upon{H6293} me yourselves.

And they spake{H559} unto him, saying,{H559} No; but we will bind{H631} thee fast,{H631} and deliver{H5414} thee into their hand:{H3027} but surely{H4191} we will not kill{H4191} thee. And they bound{H631} him with two{H8147} new{H2319} ropes,{H5688} and brought him up{H5927} from the rock.{H5553}

When he came{H935} unto Lehi,{H3896} the Philistines{H6430} shouted{H7321} as{H7125} they met him: and the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} came mightily{H6743} upon him, and the ropes{H5688} that were upon his arms{H2220} became as flax{H6593} that was burnt{H1197} with fire,{H784} and his bands{H612} dropped{H4549} from off his hands.{H3027}

And he found{H4672} a fresh{H2961} jawbone{H3895} of an ass,{H2543} and put forth{H7971} his hand,{H3027} and took{H3947} it, and smote{H5221} a thousand{H505} men{H376} therewith.

And Samson{H8123} said,{H559} With the jawbone{H3895} of an ass,{H2543} heaps{H2565} upon heaps,{H2565} With the jawbone{H3895} of an ass{H2543} have I smitten{H5221} a thousand{H505} men.{H376}

And it came to pass, when he had made an end{H3615} of speaking,{H1696} that he cast away{H7993} the jawbone{H3895} out of his hand;{H3027} and that place{H4725} was called{H7121} Ramath-lehi.{H7437}

And he was sore{H3966} athirst,{H6770} and called{H7121} on Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} Thou hast given{H5414} this great{H1419} deliverance{H8668} by the hand{H3027} of thy servant;{H5650} and now shall I die{H4191} for thirst,{H6772} and fall{H5307} into the hand{H3027} of the uncircumcised.{H6189}

But God{H430} clave{H1234} the hollow place{H4388} that is in Lehi,{H3895} and there came{H3318} water{H4325} thereout; and when he had drunk,{H8354} his spirit{H7307} came again,{H7725} and he revived:{H2421} wherefore the name{H8034} thereof was called{H7121} En-hakkore,{H5875} which is in Lehi,{H3896} unto this day.{H3117}

And he judged{H8199} Israel{H3478} in the days{H3117} of the Philistines{H6430} twenty{H6242} years.{H8141}