the spirit] See v. 6.
Ashkelon] A citie lying on the borders of Dan, belonging to Judah and Simeon, Chap. 1. 18. But now possessed by the Philistines, whose inhabitants Samson slew.
spoil] Or, apparell.
anger was kindled] To wit, against his thirty companions, and his wife; and therefore he went from her to his fathers house.