Then the Philistines asked, “Who did this?”

They were told, “It was Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he took Samson’s wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines went to her and her father and burned them to death.

Then Samson told them, “Because you did this, I swear that I won’t rest until I have taken vengeance on you.” He tore them limb from limb[a] and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:8 Lit He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter

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