²⁴ The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.^(A)

⁸⁰ The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.^(A)

¹⁹ As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.^(A)

³² And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years^[a] and in divine and human favor.^(A)