And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.

Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, "Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? Wherefore then hast thou served us thus?" And he answered them, "As they served me, so have I served them."

And of these came the father of Etam, Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash, with their sister called Hazzelelponi.

And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five towns,

as Bethlehem, Etam and Tekoa;