1	But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited# his wife with a kid# ; and he said# , I will go in# to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer# him to go in# .
			2	And her father said# , I verily# thought# that thou hadst utterly# hated# her; therefore I gave# her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. [take...: Heb. let her be thine]
			3	And Samson said# concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless# than the Philistines, though I do# them a displeasure. [more...: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc]
			4	And Samson went# and caught# three hundred foxes, and took# firebrands, and turned# tail to tail, and put# a firebrand in the midst between two tails. [firebrands: or, torches]
			5	And when he had set# the brands on fire, he let them go# into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up# both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
			6	Then the Philistines said# , Who hath done# this? And they answered# , Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken# his wife, and given# her to his companion. And the Philistines came up# , and burnt# her and her father with fire.
			7	And Samson said# unto them, Though ye have done# this, yet will I be avenged# of you, and after that I will cease# .
			8	And he smote# them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down# and dwelt# in the top of the rock Etam.
			9	Then the Philistines went up# , and pitched# in Judah, and spread# themselves in Lehi.
			10	And the men of Judah said# , Why are ye come up# against us? And they answered# , To bind# Samson are we come up# , to do# to him as he hath done# to us.
			11	Then three thousand men of Judah went# to the top of the rock Etam, and said# to Samson, Knowest# thou not that the Philistines are rulers# over us? what is this that thou hast done# unto us? And he said# unto them, As they did# unto me, so have I done# unto them. [went: Heb. went down]
			12	And they said# unto him, We are come down# to bind# thee, that we may deliver# thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said# unto them, Swear# unto me, that ye will not fall upon# me yourselves.
			13	And they spake# unto him, saying# , No; but we will bind# thee fast# , and deliver# thee into their hand: but surely# we will not kill# thee. And they bound# him with two new cords, and brought him up# from the rock.
			14	And when he came# unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted# against# him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily# upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt# with fire, and his bands loosed# from off his hands. [loosed: Heb. were melted]
			15	And he found# a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth# his hand, and took# it, and slew# a thousand men therewith. [new: Heb. moist]
			16	And Samson said# , With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain# a thousand men. [heaps upon...: Heb. an heap, two heaps]
			17	And it came to pass, when he had made an end# of speaking# , that he cast away# the jawbone out of his hand, and called# that place Ramathlehi. [Ramathlehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone]
			18	And he was sore athirst# , and called# on the LORD, and said# , Thou hast given# this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die# for thirst, and fall# into the hand of the uncircumcised?
			19	But God clave# an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came# water thereout; and when he had drunk# , his spirit came again# , and he revived# : wherefore he called# the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. [Enhakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried] [the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter]
			20	And he judged# Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.