Judges 14 Samson's wedding

 Judges 14

Samson's wedding

1 And Samson went down to Timnata: and when Timnata saw a woman of the daughters of the Philistines,

2 He went up and declared it to his father and mother, and said, I saw a woman in Timnata, of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, take me as a woman.

3 But his and his mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you will take a wife of the Philistines, of those uncircumcised? And Samson said to his father, Take this one, for it pleases my eyes.

4 But his father and mother did not know that this came from the Lord, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines: because at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.

5 So Samson went down with his father and mother to Timnata: and when he reached the vineyards of Timnata, behold, a lion's son, roaring, went out to meet him.

6 Then the spirit of the Lord came upon him so powerfully that it split him from top to bottom, as if he were splitting a kid, with nothing in his hand: but neither his father nor his mother made known what he had done.

7 And he went down, and spoke to that woman, and pleased the eyes of Samson.

8 And after a few days he returned to take it: and, departing from the path to see the dead lion's body, behold, in the lion's body there was an examination of bees with honey.

9 And he took it in his hands, and went and walked and ate of it; and he went to his father and mother, and gave them to him, and they ate, but he did not let them know that he had taken the honey from the lion's body.

10 So his father went down to that woman, and Samson made a feast there, because the young men used to do so.

11 And it came to pass, as they saw him, that they took thirty companions to be with him.