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Judges 14:1 (show verse)
Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 14:2 (show verse)
Then he came up, and told his father and mother, "I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife."
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Judges 14:3 (show verse)
But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me; for she pleases me well."
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Judges 14:4 (show verse)
His father and mother did not know that it was from the LORD; for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Judges 14:5 (show verse)
Then Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnah, and he came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him;
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Judges 14:6 (show verse)
and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion asunder as one tears a kid; and he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
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Judges 14:7 (show verse)
Then he went down and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Judges 14:8 (show verse)
And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
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Judges 14:9 (show verse)
He scraped it out into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave some to them, and they ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.
Judges 14:10 (show verse)
And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there; for so the young men used to do.
Judges 14:11 (show verse)
And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Judges 14:12 (show verse)
And Samson said to them, "Let me now put a riddle to you; if you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments;
Judges 14:13 (show verse)
but if you cannot tell me what it is, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty festal garments." And they said to him, "Put your riddle, that we may hear it."
Judges 14:14 (show verse)
And he said to them, "Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet." And they could not in three days tell what the riddle was.
Judges 14:15 (show verse)
On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband to tell us what the riddle is, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us here to impoverish us?"
Judges 14:16 (show verse)
And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, "You only hate me, you do not love me; you have put a riddle to my countrymen, and you have not told me what it is." And he said to her, "Behold, I have not told my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?"
Judges 14:17 (show verse)
She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted; and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen.
Betting » By samson
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Samson » His marriage feast and the riddle propounded
Temptation » Yielding to temptation » The lure of silver and gold
Wives » Bad--exemplified » Samson's wife
Yielding to temptation » The lure of silver and gold
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Judges 14:18 (show verse)
And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle."
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Judges 14:19 (show verse)
And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ash'kelon and killed thirty men of the town, and took their spoil and gave the festal garments to those who had told the riddle. In hot anger he went back to his father's house.
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Miracles » For other miracles of samson » Philistines killed
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Philistines » Samson » Slew thirty, near askelon
Power » Of the holy spirit examples of men receiving the gift of, under the old dispensation » Samson
Samson » His marriage feast and the riddle propounded
Samson » Kills thirty philistines
Spirit » Examples of men receiving the gift of, under the old dispensation » Samson
Betting » By samson
Holy spirit » Examples of men receiving the gift of, under the old dispensation » Samson
Holy spirit » Old testament reference to » Samson
Holy spirit » Inspiration of » The judges » Samson
Indignation » Man's righteous
Miracles » For other miracles of samson » Philistines killed
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Philistines » Samson » Slew thirty, near askelon
Power » Of the holy spirit examples of men receiving the gift of, under the old dispensation » Samson
Samson » His marriage feast and the riddle propounded
Samson » Kills thirty philistines
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Judges 14:20 (show verse)
And Samson's wife was given to his companion, who had been his best man.