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When Samson found out what they had done, he went to them and said, “You killed them! And I won't rest until I get even with you.” Then Samson started hacking them to pieces with his sword.[a]

Samson left Philistia and went to live in the cave at Etam Rock. But it wasn't long before the Philistines invaded Judah[b] and set up a huge army camp at Jawbone.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 15.8 hacking … sword: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 15.9 Judah: Samson belonged to the Dan tribe, but his hideout in the cave at Etam Rock was in Judah, a few kilometers southwest of Bethlehem.
  3. 15.9 Jawbone: Or “Lehi” (see verse 17).

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