23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these.” 24 And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. (A)And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 (B)And the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between (C)Zorah and Eshtaol.

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