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Samson's
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| Judges 14:1 |
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Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman
in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. |
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| Judges 14:2 |
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So he came back and told his father and mother,
"I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore,
get her for me as a wife." |
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| Judges 14:3 |
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Then his father and his mother said to him,
"Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people,
that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said
to his father, "Get her for me, for she looks good to me." |
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| Judges 14:4 |
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However, his father and mother did not know
that it was of the LORD, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines.
Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel. |
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| Judges 14:5 |
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Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father
and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion
came roaring toward him. |
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| Judges 14:6 |
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The Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily,
so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand;
but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. |
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| Judges 14:7 |
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So he went down and talked to the woman; and
she looked good to Samson. |
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| Judges 14:8 |
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When he returned later to take her, he turned
aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey
were in the body of the lion. |
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| Judges 14:9 |
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So he scraped the honey into his hands and went
on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to
them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out
of the body of the lion. |
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| Judges 14:10 |
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Then his father went down to the woman; and
Samson made a feast there, for the young men customarily did this. |
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| Judges 14:11 |
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When they saw him, they brought thirty companions
to be with him. |
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Samson's
Riddle |
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| Judges 14:12 |
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Then Samson said to them, "Let me now propound
a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the
feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes
of clothes. |
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| Judges 14:13 |
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But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall
give me thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes." And they said to him,
"Propound your riddle, that we may hear it." |
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| Judges 14:14 |
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So he said to them, "Out of the eater came something
to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet." But they could not tell the
riddle in three days. |
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Then it came about on the fourth day that they
said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle,
or we will burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us to
impoverish us? Is this not so? " |
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Samson's wife wept before him and said, "You
only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons
of my people, and have not told it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I have
not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?" |
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However she wept before him seven days while
their feast lasted. And on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him
so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people. |
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| Judges 14:18 |
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So the men of the city said to him on the seventh
day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? And 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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Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily,
and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and
gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned,
and he went up to his father's house. |
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| Judges 14:20 |
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But Samson's wife was given to his companion
who had been his friend. |
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