1. Later on, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat with him. He went at the time the wheat was being gathered. He said, "I'm going to my wife's room." But her father wouldn't let him go in.
2. Her father said, "I was sure you really hated her. So I gave her to your friend. Isn't her younger sister more beautiful? Take her instead."
3. Samson said to them, "This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines. I'm going to hurt them badly."
4. So he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied them in pairs by their tails. Then he tied a torch to each pair of tails.
5. He lit the torches. He let the foxes loose in the fields of grain that belonged to the Philistines. He burned up the grain that had been cut and stacked. He burned up the grain that was still growing. He also burned up the vineyards and olive trees.
6. The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" They were told, "Samson did. He's the son-in-law of the man from Timnah. Samson did it because his wife was given to his friend." So the Philistines went up and burned the woman and her father to death.
7. Samson said to them, "Is that how you act? Then I won't stop until I pay you back."
8. He struck them down with heavy blows. He killed many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave. It was in the rock of Etam.