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Judges 14:6

and the Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he rent it as one rends a kid, and nothing was in his hand. And he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

In Context

5And Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnathah; and they came to the vineyards of Timnathah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;

7And he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

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Cross References

Judges 3:10And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.

Judges 13:25And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at Mahaneh-Dan, between Zoreah and Eshtaol.

Judges 15:8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.

Judges 16:30And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself with might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.

1 Samuel 11:6And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

1 Samuel 17:34And David said to Saul, Thy servant fed his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and also a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:2-10

Samson Chooses a Philistine Wife; A Lion Slain by Samson. ( b. c. 1141.) 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the… Read the whole commentary →

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