Judges:14

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* And Samson went down to Timnah , and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines . * And he came up , and told his father and his mother , and said , I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines : now therefore get her for me as wife . * Then his father and his mother said to him , Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers , or among all my people , that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines ? And Samson said to his father , Get her for me ; for she pleases me well . * But his father and his mother didn 't know that it was of Yahweh ; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines . Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel . * Then Samson went down , and his father and his mother , to Timnah , and they came to the vineyards of Timnah : and , look , a young lion roared against him . * And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him , and he rent him as he would have rent a young goat ; and he had nothing in his hand : but he didn 't tell his father or his mother what he had done . * And he went down , and talked with the woman , and she pleased Samson well . * And after awhile he returned to take her ; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion : and saw that there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion , and honey . * And he took it into his hands , and went on , eating as he went ; and he came to his father and mother , and gave to them , and they ate : but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion . * And his father went down to the woman : and Samson made a feast there ; for so the young men used to do . * And it came to pass , when they saw him , that they brought thirty friends to be with him . * And Samson said to them , Let me now put forth a riddle to you (note :){+}(:note ): if you {+} can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast , and find it out , then I will give you {+} thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment ; * but if you (note :){+}(:note ) can 't declare it to me , then you {+} will give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment . And they said to him , Put forth your riddle , that we may hear it . * And he said to them , Out of the eater came forth food , And out of the strong came forth sweetness . And they could not in three days declare the riddle . * And it came to pass on the seventh day , that they said to Samson 's wife , Entice your husband , that he may declare to us the riddle , or else we will burn you and your father 's house with fire : have you (note :){+}(:note ) called us to impoverish us ? Or not ? * And Samson 's wife wept before him , and said , You only hate me , and don 't love me : you have put forth a riddle to the sons of my people , and haven 't told it to me . And he said to her , Look , I haven 't told it to my father nor my mother , and shall I tell you ? * And she wept before him the seven days , while their feast lasted : and it came to pass on the seventh day , that he told her , because she pressed him intensely ; and she told the riddle to the sons of her people . * And 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 (note :){+}(:note ) did not plow with my heifer , You {+} did not find out my riddle . * And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him , and he went down to Ashkelon , and struck thirty men of them , and took their spoil , and gave the changes [of raiment ] to those who declared the riddle . And his anger was kindled , and he went up to his father 's house . * But Samson 's wife was [given ] to his friend , whom he had used as his best man .

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