Chiasm
Judges 13:25–14:6
Judges 13:25–14:64 matched frames1 pivot
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- A 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- B 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- C 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines:
- D 2 now therefore get her for me to wife.
- E 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?
- D' 3 And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
- D 2 now therefore get her for me to wife.
- C' 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
- C 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines:
- B' 5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
- B 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- A' 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand:
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