14:1 Samson
went
down
to
Timnah,
and
at
Timnah
he
saw
one
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines.
14:2 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."
14:3 But
his
father
and
mother
said
to
him,
"Is
there
not
a
woman
among
the
daughters
of
your
relatives,
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
is
right
in
my
eyes."
14:4 His
father
and
mother
did
not
know
that
it
was
from
the
LORD,
for
he
was
seeking
an
opportunity
against
the
Philistines.
At
that
time
the
Philistines
ruled
over
Israel.
14:5 Then
Samson
went
down
with
his
father
and
mother
to
Timnah,
and
they
came
to
the
vineyards
of
Timnah.
And
behold,
a
young
lion
came
toward
him
roaring.
14:6 Then
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
rushed
upon
him,
and
although
he
had
nothing
in
his
hand,
he
tore
the
lion
in
pieces
as
one
tears
a
young
goat.
But
he
did
not
tell
his
father
or
his
mother
what
he
had
done.
14:7 Then
he
went
down
and
talked
with
the
woman,
and
she
was
right
in
Samson's
eyes.
14:8 After
some
days
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.
14:9 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
scraped
the
honey
from
the
carcass
of
the
lion.
14:10 His
father
went
down
to
the
woman,
and
Samson
prepared
a
feast
there,
for
so
the
young
men
used
to
do.
14:11 As
soon
as
the
people
saw
him,
they
brought
thirty
companions
to
be
with
him.
14:12 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
changes
of
clothes,
14:13 but
if
you
cannot
tell
me
what
it
is,
then
you
shall
give
me
thirty
linen
garments
and
thirty
changes
of
clothes."
And
they
said
to
him,
"Put
your
riddle,
that
we
may
hear
it."
14:14 And
he
said
to
them,
"Out
of
the
eater
came
something
to
eat.
Out
of
the
strong
came
something
sweet."
And
in
three
days
they
could
not
solve
the
riddle.
14:15 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"
14:16 And
Samson's
wife
wept
over
him
and
said,
"You
only
hate
me;
you
do
not
love
me.
You
have
put
a
riddle
to
my
people,
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"
14:17 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
people.
14:18 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."
14:19 And
the
Spirit
of
the
LORD
rushed
upon
him,
and
he
went
down
to
Ashkelon
and
struck
down
thirty
men
of
the
town
and
took
their
spoil
and
gave
the
garments
to
those
who
had
told
the
riddle.
In
hot
anger
he
went
back
to
his
father's
house.
14:20 And
Samson's
wife
was
given
to
his
companion,
who
had
been
his
best
man.