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So he attacked them ruthlessly[a] in a massive slaughter, then left to live in the caves of Etam. In response, the Philistines went up, encamped in the territory of[b] Judah, and raided[c] Lehi.

10 The leading[d] men of Judah asked, “Why have you invaded us?”

They replied, “We’re here to arrest Samson. Then we’re going to do to him what he did to us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:8 Lit. them hip and thigh
  2. Judges 15:9 The Heb. lacks the territory of
  3. Judges 15:9 Or and spread out in
  4. Judges 15:10 The Heb. lacks leading

He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock(A) of Etam.(B)

The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.(C) 10 The people of Judah asked, “Why have you come to fight us?”

“We have come to take Samson prisoner,” they answered, “to do to him as he did to us.”

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