³ But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters ^(A)of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the ^(B)uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”

³⁶ Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, ^(A)for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

¹⁸ And he was very thirsty, and he called upon the Lord and said, ^(A)“You have granted this great salvation by the hand of your servant, and shall I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

^4 (A)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these ^(B)uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, ^(C)for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword ^(D)and fell upon it.