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Then the Philistines demanded, “Who did this?”

Someone said, “Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because his father-in-law[a] took Samson’s[b] wife and gave her to the best man at Samson’s wedding.”[c] In retaliation, the Philistines came up and burned her and her father to death.

Samson replied to them, “Because you did this, I’m not going to stop until I get my revenge against you!” So he attacked them ruthlessly[d] in a massive slaughter, then left to live in the caves of Etam.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:6 Lit. because he
  2. Judges 15:6 Lit. his
  3. Judges 15:6 Lit. to his acquaintance; cf. Judg 14:20, 15:2
  4. Judges 15:8 Lit. them hip and thigh