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.

²⁶ And David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away ^(A)the reproach from Israel? For who is this ^(B)uncircumcised Philistine, that he should ^(C)defy the armies of ^(D)the living God?”

⁶ Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these ^(A)uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, ^(B)for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”

^2 (A)and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must ^(B)devote them to complete destruction.^{[a] (C)}You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them. ^3 (D)You shall not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons,

^12 (A)Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a ^(B)snare in your midst. ¹³ You shall ^(C)tear down their altars and ^(D)break their pillars and cut down their ^(E)Asherim ¹⁴ (for ^(F)you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God), ^15 (G)lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they ^(H)whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and ^(I)you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice, ¹⁶ and you take of ^(J)their daughters for your sons, and their daughters ^(K)whore after their gods and make your sons whore after their gods.