More exploits from Samson. He tries to go and see his "wife", but she has been given to someone else by his father, so he is offered her sister instead. We do need to remember that the social system was somewhat different in those days!
Samson sees this as an excuse to exact vengeance on the Philistines, this time in a destructive exercise with foxes and fire. No doubt the animal rights lobby would be deeply offended! The Philistines reacted in kind by killing Samson's wife and her father. Samson promises more violence. The Philistines went up to Judah demanding that they hand over Samson. The people of Judah are, quite understandably, getting rather fed up with Samson.
Samson let them bind him up and hand him over, knowing that the Lord's strength would enable him to break free and overcome the Philistines, and so it proved to be.
The Lord then gave Samson a miraculous supply of water, and he led the nation for twenty years.
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