²⁴ The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson.^(A) He grew^(B) and the Lord blessed him,^{(C) 25} and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir^(D) him while he was in Mahaneh Dan,^(E) between Zorah and Eshtaol.

²⁰ Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”^(A)

He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.^(B)

²¹ Then the Philistines^(C) seized him, gouged out his eyes^(D) and took him down to Gaza.^(E) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain^(F) in the prison.