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But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of the LORD; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

Judges 14:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીન્યાયાધીશો ૧૪:૪
પણ તેનાં માતાપિતા જાણતાં નહોતા કે આ તો ઈશ્વરનું કૃત્ય છે, કેમ કે તે પલિસ્તીઓ સાથે વિરોધ કરવા ઇચ્છતો હતો તે સમયે પલિસ્તીઓ ઇઝરાયલ પર રાજ કરતા હતા.
हिन्दीन्यायियों १४:४
उसके माता पिता न जानते थे कि यह बात यहोवा की ओर से है , कि वह पलिश्तियों के विरुद्ध दाँव ढूँढ़ता है। उस समय तो पलिश्ती इस्राएल पर प्रभुता करते थे।

In context

2He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”

3Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?” Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”

4But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of the LORD; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

5Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him.

6The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done.

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