^18 (A)And the Philistines had made raids on ^(B)the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco ^(C)with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there.

⁵⁷ before your wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become ^(A)an object of reproach for the daughters of Syria^[a] and all those around her, and for ^(B)the daughters of the Philistines, ^(C)those all around who despise you.

²⁷ Behold, therefore, I stretched out my hand against you ^(A)and diminished your allotted portion ^(B)and delivered you to the greed of your enemies, ^(C)the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed of your lewd behavior.

¹⁰ Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities that are in Judah and in Benjamin.

⁹ and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to ^(A)Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not ^(B)his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence.”

Samson's Marriage

14 ^(A)Samson went down to ^(B)Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.

⁴⁸ And in the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

⁴¹ Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and ^(A)Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

¹⁰ And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to ^(A)Beth-shemesh and passes along by ^(B)Timnah.