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And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Judges 14:19 — KJV
The Spirit of the Lord. The Lord sought to stir up Samson, so that he would lay hold of the work to which, from his birth, he had been called.
Ashkelon. This city was about 23 mi. (36.8 km.) away, a journey of 7 or 8 hours.
Slew thirty men. Perhaps he surprised them at a festival of some sort during the night hours, and thus was able to procure from their corpses the festal garments necessary to pay his wager.
His anger was kindled. He was angry, both at the Philistines and at his wife, who had proved her treachery to him during their marriage feast. For this reason he would not stay with her, but returned to his father’s house.
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