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Judges 14

Samson goes to Timnath and insists on marrying a Philistine woman. Although his parents object, the narrator says they do not know that the matter provides an occasion against the Philistines. On the way, the Spirit of the LORD empowers Samson to kill a lion; later he finds honey in the carcass. At the wedding feast he turns the event into a riddle, but the Philistines threaten his wife until she obtains the answer, and Samson responds by killing thirty Philistines at Ashkelon to pay the wager.

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Samson goes to Timnath and insists on marrying a Philistine woman. Although his parents object, the narrator says they do not know that the matter provides an occasion against the Philistines. On the way, the Spirit of the LORD empowers Samson to kill a lion; later he finds honey in the carcass. At the wedding feast he turns the event into a riddle, but the Philistines threaten his wife until she obtains the answer, and Samson responds by killing thirty Philistines at Ashkelon to pay the wager.

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Verses 1–4Samson desires a Philistine woman at TimnathVerses 5–9Samson kills a lion and later finds honey in itVerses 10–14Samson gives a riddle at the wedding feastVerses 15–18The Philistines pressure Samson’s wife and solve the riddleVerses 19–20Samson strikes men of Ashkelon, and his wife is given to another
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1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman…2And he came up, and told his father and his…3Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is…4But his father and his mother knew not that it…5Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother,…6And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him,…7And he went down, and talked with the woman; and…8And after a time he returned to take her, and…9And he took thereof in his hands, and went on…10So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson…11And it came to pass, when they saw him, that…12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth…13But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye…14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came…15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that…16And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost…17And she wept before him the seven days, while their…18And the men of the city said unto him on…19And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and…20But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he…