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He lit the torches. He let the foxes loose in the fields of grain that belonged to the Philistines. He burned up the grain that had been cut and stacked. He burned up the grain that was still growing. He also burned up the vineyards and olive trees.

The Philistines asked, “Who did this?” They were told, “Samson did. He’s the son-in-law of the man from Timnah. Samson did it because his wife was given to his companion.”

So the Philistines went up and burned the woman and her father to death. Samson said to the Philistines, “Is that how you act? Then I promise I won’t stop until I pay you back.”

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