3 Samson said to them, ‘This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.’
4 So he went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails,
5 lit the torches and let the foxes loose in the standing corn of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks and standing corn, together with the vineyards and olive groves.
6 When the Philistines asked, ‘Who did this?’ they were told, ‘Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.’So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
7 Samson said to them, ‘Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.’
8 He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock of Etam.
9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.