⁷ “Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won’t rest until I take my revenge on you!”

¹⁹ Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,

¹⁹ Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.

⁴ His father and mother didn’t realize the Lord was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines, who ruled over Israel at that time.