5 And when he had fet the brands on fire, he let them go into the ftanding corn of the Philiftines, and burnt up both the fhocks, and alfo the ftanding corn, with the vineyards and olives. 6 Then the Philistines faid, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samfon the fon-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Samfon faid unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 8 And he fmote them hip and thigh with a great flaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9¶ Then the Philiftines went up, and pitched in Judah, and fpread themselves in Lehi. io And the men of Judah faid, Why are ye come up against us? and they anfwered, To bind Samfon are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. II Then three thoufand men of Judah, went to the top of the rock Etam, and faid to Samfon, Knowest thou not that the Philiftines are rulers over us? what is this that thou haft done unto us? And he faid unto them, As they did unto me so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philiftines. And Samfon faid unto them, Swear unto me that ye will not fall upon me yourfelves. 13 And they fpake unto him, faying, No; but we will bind thee faft, and deliver thee into their hand: but furely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 ¶ And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines fhouted against him: and the fpirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loofed from off his hands. 15 And he found a new jaw-bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and flew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samfon faid, I compaffed him in, and laid With the jaw-bone of an wait for him all night in afs, heaps upon heaps, with the gate of the city, and the jaw of an afs have I flain were quiet all the night, faya thousand men. ing, In the morning when it is day we shall kill him. 17 And it came to pafs, when he had made an end of fpeaking, that he caft away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi. 18 And he was fore athirft, and called on the Lord, and faid, Thou haft given this great deliverance into the hand of thy fervant: and now fhall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcifed. 3 And Samfon lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two pofts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his fhoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 4¶ And it came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of So19 But God clave an hol-rek, whose name was Delilow place that was in the lah. jaw, and there came water 5 And the lords of the thereout; and when he had Philiftines came up unto her, drunk, his fpirit came again, and faid unto her, Entice and he revived. Wherefore him, and fee wherein his he called the name thereof great ftrength lieth, and by En-hakkore, which is in Le-what means we may prevail hi unto this day. 20 And he judged Ifrael in the days of the Philistines twenty years. TH CHAP. XVI. against him, that we may bind him to afflict him and we will give thee, every one of us, eleven hundred pieces of filver. 6 And Delilah faid to HEN went Samfon Samfon, Tell me, I pray to Gaza, and faw thee, wherein thy great there an harlot, and went in ftrength lieth, and wherewith unto her. thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 2 And it was told the Gazites, faying, Samfon is 7 And Samfon faid unto come hither. And they her, If they bind me with 9 (Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber) and fhe faid unto him, The Philiftines, be upon thee, Samfon. And he brake the withs as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire: fo his ftrength was not known. 10 And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Behold, thou haft mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou might eft be bound. II And he faid unto her, If they bind me faft with new ropes that never were occupied, then fhall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and faid unto him, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Hitherto thou haft mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mighteft be bound. And he faid unto her, If thou weav→ eft the feven locks of my head with the web. 14 And the fastened it with the pin, and faid unto him, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon. And he awaked out of his fleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 And fhe said unto him, How canft thou fay, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? Thou haft mocked me thefe three times, and haft not told me wherein thy great ftrength lieth. 16 And it came to pafs when the preffed him daily with her words, and urged him, fo that his foul was vexed unto death; ร 17 That he told her all his heart, and faid unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be thaven, then my ftrength will go from me, and I fhall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah faw that he had told her all his heart, fhe fent and called for the lords of the Philiftines, faying, Come up this once, for he hath fhewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philiftines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 And the made him fleep upon her knees. And fhe called for a man, and the caused him to fhave off the feven locks of his head, and she began to afflict him, and his ftrength went from him. hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which flew of us. many 25 And it came to pass when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samfon, that he may make us fport. And they called for Samfon out of the pri fon-houfe; and he made them fport: and they fet 20 And fhe faid, The Phi-him between the pillars. liftines be upon thee, Samfon. And he awoke out of his sleep, and faid, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wift not that the Lord was departed from him. 21 But the Philiftines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prifonhouse. 22 Howbeit, the hair of his head began to grow again, after he was fhaven. 23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together, for to offer a great facrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they faid, Our god hath delivered Samfon our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people faw him, they praised their god: for they faid, Our god 26 And Samfon faid unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house ftandeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women: and all the lords of the Philiftines were there: and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samfon made sport. 28 And Samfon called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and ftrengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samfon took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. in his life. 30 And Samfon faid, Let 31 Then his brethren, and me die with the Philistines: all the house of his father, and he bowed himself with came down and took him, all his might; and the house and brought him up, and bu-: fell upon the lords, and upon ried him between Zorah all the people that were and Efhtaol, in the burying therein. So the dead which place of Manoah his father: he flew at his death were and he judged Ifrael twenty more than they which he flew years. From the Book of RUTH. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died alfo both of them: and the woman was left of her two fons and her huf CHAP. I. WOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And band. a certain man of Beth-lehemjudah went to fojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two fons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two fons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephraithites of Beth-lehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and fhe was left, and her two fons. 6 Then the arofe with her daughters-in-law, that fhe might return from the country of Moab: for fhe had heard in the country of Moab, how that the Lord had vifited his people in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where the was, and her two daughters-in-law with her and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi faid unto her two daughters-in-law, 4 And they took them Go, return each to her mowives of the women of Mo-ther's houfe; the Lord deal ab; the name of the one kindly with you, as ye have was Orpah, and the name of dealt with the dead, and with the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. me. 9 The Lord grant you O 3 that |