3. Samson said, “This time I'm not going to be responsible for what I do to the Philistines!”
4. So he went and caught 300 foxes. Two by two, he tied their tails together and put torches in the knots.
5. Then he set fire to the torches and turned the foxes loose in the Philistine cornfields. In this way he burnt up not only the corn that had been harvested but also the corn that was still in the fields, and the olive orchards as well.
6. When the Philistines asked who had done this, they learnt that Samson had done it because his father-in-law, a man from Timnah, had given Samson's wife to a friend of Samson's. So the Philistines went and burnt the woman to death and burnt down her father's house.
7. Samson told them, “So this is how you act! I swear that I won't stop until I pay you back!”
8. He attacked them fiercely and killed many of them. Then he went and stayed in the cave in the cliff at Etam.
9. The Philistines came and made camp in Judah, and attacked the town of Lehi.
10. The men of Judah asked them, “Why are you attacking us?”They answered, “We came to take Samson prisoner and to treat him as he treated us.”