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His father and mother did not know that this was from Yahweh; he was seeking for an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling[a] in Israel.

And Samson and his father and mother went down to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah, and suddenly a young lion came roaring to meet him. And the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon him, and he tore the lion apart as one might tear apart a male kid goat (he was bare-handed).[b] But he did not tell his father and mother what he had done.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 14:4 Or “having control”
  2. Judges 14:6 Literally “there was nothing in his hand”