Judges 14:12-20 - Samson's Riddle
12 “Let me tell you a riddle,”
“Tell us your riddle,” they replied.
14 So he said to them:
and out of the strong came something sweet.
After three days, they were unable to explain the riddle. 15 On the fourth
16 So Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me and don’t love me!
“Look,” he said,
17 She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and at last, on the seventh day, he explained it to her, because she had nagged him so much. Then she explained it to her people. 18 On the seventh day, before sunset, the men of the city said to him:
What is stronger than a lion?
So he said to them:
you wouldn’t know my riddle now!
19 The Spirit of the Lord took control of him, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed 30 of their men. He stripped them and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. In a rage, Samson returned to his father’s house, 20 and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.