But his father and his mother knew not that it came of the Lord, that he should seek an occasion against the [a]Philistines: for at that time the Philistines reigned over Israel.

¶ Then went Samson, and his father and his mother down to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold, a young lion roared upon him.

And the Spirit of the Lord [b]came upon him, and he tare him, as one should have rent a kid, and had nothing in his hand, neither told he his father nor his mother what he had done.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 14:4 To fight against them for the deliverance of Israel.
  2. Judges 14:6 Whereby he had strength and boldness.

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