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18 Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the town gave their answer to Samson:

‘There is nothing sweeter than honey!
There is nothing stronger than a lion!’

Samson said to them, ‘You have used my young cow to do your work! Without her you would not have found the answer to my question.’

19 The Lord's Spirit took hold of Samson. He went to Ashkelon and he killed 30 Philistine men there. He took all their clothes and he gave them to the 30 men who had answered his question. He was still very angry as he went back to his family's home.

20 Samson's wife became the wife of the man who had been his special friend at the party.

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