13 They said to him, “No; we will only bind you and give you into their hands. We will surely not kill you.” So they bound him with two (A)new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. (B)Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

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