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But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of the LORD; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. He sought. This may be understood either of the Lord, or rather of Samson. Calmet.—Septuagint “because he himself sought to retaliate upon the Philistines.” Hebrew “that it was of the Lord that, or because he sought an occasion to take,” and so forth Bible.
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