Judges 14:19
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
Cross-references
Judges 14:6 also records the Spirit rushing upon Samson to tear a lion, using identical phrasing for divine empowerment.
Judges 15:14 repeats the phrase 'Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him' when Samson breaks his bonds, mirroring this event.
In Judges 16:30, Samson's final act of destruction fulfills the pattern of Spirit-empowered vengeance, killing more Philistines than before.
In Judges 3:10 the Spirit comes upon Othniel for war, paralleling this Spirit-empowered feat of Samson.
In Judges 6:34 the Spirit clothes Gideon for battle, another judge's empowerment, though using different imagery.
Judges 13:25 describes the Spirit beginning to stir Samson, while here it rushes upon him — a progression in his empowerment.
1 Samuel 11:6 uses the same Hebrew verb for the Spirit rushing upon Saul, creating a parallel of divine empowerment for violence.
In 1 Samuel 18:27, David similarly kills Philistines to win a bride, echoing Samson's feat on a larger scale.