Jdg 14:2And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife.
Jdg 14:3And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and is there not a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.
Jdg 14:4And his father and his mother knew not that it [fn]was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.
Jdg 14:5And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared [fn]in meeting him.
Jdg 14:6And the Spirit of the Lord [fn]came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he [fn]would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.
Jdg 14:8And after [fn]some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey were in the mouth of the lion.
Jdg 14:9And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
Jdg 14:12And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
Jdg 14:13And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty [fn]changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it.
Jdg 14:15And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?
Jdg 14:16And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people, thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?
Jdg 14:17And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.
Jdg 14:18And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.
Jdg 14:19And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of [fn]the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
