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Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 5. Young lion, not quite so strong as an old one, but in its vigour. Rabbins. Calmet.—Met him. Hebrew “roared against him.” Bible.—His parents were at some distance. Menochius.—Saint Augustine (in Ps. lxxxviii.) shews the application of this history to Christ’s establishing and adorning the church of the Gentiles with sweet and wholesome laws. D.
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