Judges 13:23-25
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and grain offering from our hands! Nor would he have let us see all this, or hear what we have heard.”
24 The woman bore a son and named him Samson, and when the boy grew up the Lord blessed him. 25 The spirit of the Lord came upon him for the first time(A) in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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