Perhaps tired, the lone-ranger-judge escapes to a cave in the rock of Etam (a Heb. word meaning “place of the birds of prey,” which may anticipate what will transpire as a result of Samson’s soon-to-be-narrated feat).79 The Philistines, intent on finding Samson, come and camp near Lehi (“jawbone,” an anticipatory mentioning since the name was received after the incident that now unfolds).
