²² And ^(A)of Dan he said,

²⁷ But the people of Dan took what Micah had made, and the priest who belonged to him, and they came to Laish, to a people ^(A)quiet and unsuspecting, and ^(B)struck them with the edge of the sword and burned the city with fire.

⁴⁷ When ^(A)the territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it, calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor.

³⁵ Of the Danites 28,600 men equipped for battle.

³⁰ And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

¹⁵ And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put out his hand and took it, ^(A)and with it he struck 1,000 men.

⁸ And he struck them hip and thigh with a great blow, and he went down and stayed in the ^(A)cleft of the rock of Etam.

^19 (A)And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he went down to ^(B)Ashkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house.

^6 (A)Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and although he had nothing in his hand, he tore the lion in pieces as one tears a young goat. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

²⁴ And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. ^(A)And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. ^25 (B)And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between ^(C)Zorah and Eshtaol.