The borderturnedaboutfrom Baalahwestwardto MountSeir,and continuedto the slopeof MountJearimon the north(that is, Chesalon),and wentdownto Beth-shemeshand continuedthroughTimnah.
And Davidaroseand wentwith allthe peoplewhowere with him to Baale-judah,to bringup from therethe arkof Godwhichis calledby the Name,the very nameof the LORDof hostswho is enthroned[above] the cherubim.
But Amaziahwould not listen.So Jehoashkingof Israelwentup; and he and Amaziahkingof Judahfacedeach other at Beth-shemesh,whichbelongs to Judah.
The Philistinesalso had invadedthe citiesof the lowlandand of the Negevof Judah,and had takenBeth-shemesh,Aijalon,Gederoth,and Socowith its villages,Timnahwith its villages,and Gimzowith its villages,and they settledthere.
The borderproceededto the sideof Ekronnorthward.Then the bordercurvedto Shikkeronand continuedto MountBaalahand proceededto Jabneel,and the borderendedat the sea.
Kain,Gibeahand Timnah;tencitieswith their villages.
and Yironand Migdal-el,Horemand Beth-anathand Beth-shemesh;nineteencitieswith their villages.
and Ainwith its pasturelandsand Juttahwith its pasturelands[and] Beth-shemeshwith its pasturelands;ninecitiesfrom thesetwotribes.
Then Samsonwentdownto Timnahand sawa womanin Timnah,[one] of the daughtersof the Philistines.
Then Samsonwentdownto Timnahwith his fatherand mother,and cameas faras the vineyardsof Timnah;and behold,a younglion[came] roaringtowardhim.
"Watch,ifit goesup by the wayof its own territoryto Beth-shemesh,then He has doneus thisgreatevil.But ifnot, then we will knowthat it was not His handthat struckus; it happenedto us by chance."
