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The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.
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Verse 6. Spirit, increasing his courage and strength. Menochius.—This shews that the strength of Samson was miraculous, attached to the keeping of his hair, and the observance of the duties of the Nazarites. Calmet. Calmet. 16:19.—Mother. The modesty which he displays is more wonderful than the feat of valour. Bible.—Brave men are never boasters. Menochius.—He kept what he had done secret, designing to propose a riddle. Salien.
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