Judges 15:4

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

Cross-reference

Exodus 22:6 Historical context

Exodus 22:6 provides the law of restitution for fire that consumes grain — the very scenario Samson's fox-torches created.

2 Samuel 14:30 describes Absalom setting a barley field on fire — a direct parallel to Samson's arson against crops.