07:014:002 And he came up, and told his father and
his mother, and said,
I
have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the
Philistines:
now therefore get her for me to wife.
07:014:003 Then his father and his mother said unto
him, Is there never a
woman
among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my
people,
that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised
Philistines?
And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me;
for
she pleaseth me well.
07:014:004 But his father and his mother knew not
that it was of the
lord,
that he sought an occasion against the Philistines:
for
at
that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
07:014:005 Then went Samson down, and his father and
his mother, to
Timnath,
and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold,
a
young
lion roared against him.
07:014:006 And the Spirit of the lord came mightily
upon him, and he rent
him
as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in
his
hand:
but he told not his father or his mother what he had
done.
07:014:007 And he went down, and talked with the woman;
and she pleased
Samson
well.
07:014:008 And after a time he returned to take her,
and he turned aside
to
see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there
was a swarm
of
bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
07:014:009 And he took thereof in his hands, and went
on eating, and came
to
his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did
eat:
but
he told not them that he had taken the honey out of
the
carcase
of the lion.
07:014:010 So his father went down unto the woman:
and Samson made there
a
feast; for so used the young men to do.
07:014:011 And it came to pass, when they saw him,
that they brought
thirty
companions to be with him.
07:014:012 And Samson said unto them, I will now put
forth a riddle unto
you:
if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven
days
of
the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty
sheets
and thirty change of garments:
07:014:013 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall
ye give me thirty
sheets
and thirty change of garments. And they said unto
him,
Put
forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
07:014:014 And he said unto them, Out of the eater
came forth meat, and
out
of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could
not in
three
days expound the riddle.
07:014:015 And it came to pass on the seventh day,
that they said unto
Samson’s
wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto
us
the
riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house
with
fire:
have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?


