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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]

10 The people of Judah asked, “Why have you invaded our land?”

The Philistines answered, “We've come to get Samson. We're going to do the same things to him that he did to our people.”

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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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