Judg 14:4, 15:11 | ESV | STEP | His father and mother did not know that it was from the Lord , for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines . At that time the Philistines ruled over Israel .

Judges 14:4

4 His father and mother did not know that it was ^afrom the Lord, for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. ^bAt that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

Judges 15:11

11 Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that ^cthe Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so have I done to them.”