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But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheatharvest, that Samsonvisited 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 fathersaid , I verilythought that thou hadst utterlyhated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her youngersisterfairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3
And Samsonsaid concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4
And Samsonwent and caughtthreehundredfoxes, and tookfirebrands, and turnedtail to tail, and putafirebrand in the midst between twotails.
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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 Philistinessaid , 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.
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And Samsonsaid unto them, Though ye have donethis, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease .
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And he smote them hipandthigh with a greatslaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rockEtam.
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Then the Philistines went up , and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.