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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.
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And the men of Judahsaid , Why are ye come up against us? And they answered , To bindSamson are we come up , to do to him as he hath done to us.
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Then threethousandmen of Judahwent to the top of the rockEtam, 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.
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And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samsonsaid unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
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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 twonewcords, and brought him up from the rock.
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And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistinesshoutedagainst 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 bandsloosed from off his hands.
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And he found a newjawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousandmen therewith.
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And Samsonsaid , With the jawbone of an ass,heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousandmen.
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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 placeRamathlehi.