“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: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.”
The statement that the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson powerfully during the lion encounter suggests that divine empowerment was necessary for Samson to accomplish this feat and that the Spirit's action enables extraordinary strength beyond normal human capability. The phrase "came upon him in power" emphasizes the intensity of the Spirit's work and suggests a moment of divine possession where Samson becomes instrument of supernatural force. Yet notably, Samson tells neither his parents nor the Philistine woman's family about the encounter, keeping the incident secret and revealing knowledge only later when he uses the lion's corpse as basis for a riddle. The silence about this private encounter suggests Samson's tendency toward secrecy and his possible awareness that his parents would view the incident as evidence of divine empowerment.
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