14 So the ^sanger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to ^tplunderers, who plundered them. And he ^usold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that ^vthey could no longer withstand their enemies.

9 That same night the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand.

The Birth of Samson

1 And the people of Israel ^yagain did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the ^zPhilistines for forty years.

28 and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days), saying, “Shall we go out once more to battle against our brothers, the people of Benjamin, or shall we cease?” And the Lord said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hand.”