Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there [a]never a wife among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, that thou must go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Give me her, for she pleaseth me well.

But his father and his mother knew not that it came of the Lord, that he should seek an occasion against the [b]Philistines: for at that time the Philistines reigned over Israel.

¶ Then went Samson, and his father and his mother down to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah: and behold, a young lion roared upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 14:3 Though his parents did justly reprove him, yet it appeareth that this was the secret work of the Lord, verse 4.
  2. Judges 14:4 To fight against them for the deliverance of Israel.

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