And it happened, when Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they never totally drove them out.

Moreover, that entire generation was gathered to their ancestors, and another generation grew up after them who did not know Yahweh or the work he had done for Israel.

And the {Israelites} cried out to Yahweh, and Yahweh raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjaminite and {a left-handed man}. And the {Israelites} sent a tribute to Eglon king of Moab {through him}.

Gilead's wife also bore for him sons; and the sons of [his] wife grew up and drove Jephthah away, and they said to him, "You will not inherit the house of our father because you [are] the son of another woman."

The woman bore a son, and she called him Samson; the boy grew big, and Yahweh blessed him.

So God split the hollow place that [is] at Lehi, and water came out from it; and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he was revived. Thus he called its name {The Spring of Ha-Qore}, which [is] at Lehi to this day.

And because she nagged him day after day with her words, and pestered him, {his soul grew impatient to the point of death}.

But the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved off.

And the old man said, "Peace to you. I will take care of your needs; however, you must not spend the night in the open square."