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18 Before sunset that day, the men of the town went to Samson with this answer:

A lion is the strongest—
    honey is the sweetest!

Samson replied,

This answer you have given me
doubtless came
    from my bride-to-be.

19 Then the Lord's Spirit took control of Samson. He went to Ashkelon,[a] where he killed 30 men and took their clothing. Samson then gave it to the 30 young men at Timnah and stormed back home to his own family.

20 The father of the bride made Samson's wife marry one of the 30 young men that had been at Samson's party.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 14.19 Ashkelon: Another Philistine town.
  2. 14.20 one … at Samson's party: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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