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18 And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not ploughed with my heifer,
you would not have found out my riddle.”

19 (A)And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and he went down to (B)Ashkelon and struck down thirty men of the town and took their spoil and gave the garments to those who had explained the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house. 20 And Samson's wife was given to (C)his companion, (D)who had been his best man.

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