1
H8123
And Samson
H3381
went down
H8553
to Timnah,
H7200
and saw
H802
a woman
H8553
in Timnah
H1323
of the daughters
H6430
of the Philistines.
2
H5927
And he came up,
H5046
and told
H1
his father
H517
and his mother,
H559
and said,
H7200
I have seen
H802
a woman
H8553
in Timnah
H1323
of the daughters
H6430
of the Philistines:
H3947
now therefore get
H802
her for me to wife.
3
H1
Then his father
H517
and his mother
H559
said
H369
unto him, Is there never
H802
a woman
H1323
among the daughters
H251
of thy brethren,
H5971
or among all my people,
H1980
that thou goest
H3947
to take
H802
a wife
H6189
of the uncircumcised
H6430
Philistines?
H8123
And Samson
H559
said
H1
unto his father,
H3947
Get
H3474
her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
4
H1
But his father
H517
and his mother
H3045
knew
H3068
not that it was of Jehovah;
H1245
for he sought
H8385
an occasion
H6430
against the Philistines.
H6256
Now at that time
H6430
the Philistines
H4910
had rule
H3478
over Israel.
5
H3381
Then went
H8123
Samson
H3381
down,
H1
and his father
H517
and his mother,
H8553
to Timnah,
H935
and came
H3754
to the vineyards
H8553
of Timnah:
H3715
and, behold, a young
H738
lion
H7580
roared
H7125
against him.
6
H7307
And the Spirit
H3068
of Jehovah
H6743
came mightily
H8156
upon him, and he rent
H8156
him as he would have rent
H1423
a kid;
H3972
and he had nothing
H3027
in his hand:
H5046
but he told
H1
not his father
H517
or his mother
H6213
what he had done.
7
H3381
And he went down,
H1696
and talked
H802
with the woman,
H3474
and she pleased
H8123
Samson
H3474
well.
8
H3117
And after a while
H7725
he returned
H3947
to take
H5493
her; and he turned aside
H7200
to see
H4658
the carcass
H738
of the lion:
H5712
and, behold, there was a swarm
H1682
of bees
H1472
in the body
H738
of the lion,
H1706
and honey.
9
H7287
And he took
H3709
it into his hands,
H3212
and went on,
H398
eating
H1980
as he went; and he came
H1
to his father
H517
and mother,
H5414
and gave
H398
unto them, and they did eat:
H5046
but he told
H7287
them not that he had taken
H1706
the honey
H1472
out of the body
H738
of the lion.
10
H1
And his father
H3381
went down
H802
unto the woman:
H8123
and Samson
H6213
made
H4960
there a feast;
H970
for so used the young men
H6213
to do.
11
H7200
And it came to pass, when they saw
H3947
him, that they brought
H7970
thirty
H4828
companions to be with him.
12
H8123
And Samson
H559
said
H2330
unto them, Let me now put forth
H2420
a riddle
H5046
unto you: if ye can
H5046
declare
H7651
it unto me within the seven
H3117
days
H4960
of the feast,
H4672
and find it out,
H5414
then I will give
H7970
you thirty
H5466
linen garments
H7970
and thirty
H2487
changes
H899
of raiment;
13
H3201
but if ye cannot
H5046
declare
H5414
it unto me, then shall ye give
H7970
me thirty
H5466
linen garments
H7970
and thirty
H2487
changes
H899
of raiment.
H559
And they said
H2330
unto him, Put forth
H2420
thy riddle,
H8085
that we may hear it.
14
H559
And he said
H398
unto them, Out of the eater
H3318
came forth
H3978
food,
H5794
And out of the strong
H3318
came forth
H4966
sweetness.
H3201
And they could
H7969
not in three
H3117
days
H5046
declare
H2420
the riddle.
15
H7637
And it came to pass on the seventh
H3117
day,
H559
that they said
H8123
unto Samson's
H802
wife,
H6601
Entice
H376
thy husband,
H5046
that he may declare
H2420
unto us the riddle,
H8313
lest we burn
H1
thee and thy father's
H1004
house
H784
with fire:
H7121
have ye called
H3423
us to impoverish us? is it not so?
16
H8123
And Samson's
H802
wife
H1058
wept
H559
before him, and said,
H8130
Thou dost but hate
H157
me, and lovest
H2330
me not: thou hast put forth
H2420
a riddle
H1121
unto the children
H5971
of my people,
H5046
and hast not told
H559
it me. And he said
H5046
unto her, Behold, I have not told
H1
it my father
H517
nor my mother,
H5046
and shall I tell thee?
17
H1058
And she wept
H7651
before him the seven
H3117
days,
H4960
while their feast
H1961
lasted:
H7637
and it came to pass on the seventh
H3117
day,
H5046
that he told
H6693
her, because she pressed him sore;
H5046
and she told
H2420
the riddle
H1121
to the children
H5971
of her people.
18
H582
And the men
H5892
of the city
H559
said
H7637
unto him on the seventh
H3117
day
H2775
before the sun
H935
went down,
H4966
What is sweeter
H1706
than honey?
H5794
and what is stronger
H738
than a lion?
H559
And he said
H3884
unto them, If
H2790
ye had not plowed
H5697
with my heifer,
H4672
Ye had not found out
H2420
my riddle.
19
H7307
And the Spirit
H3068
of Jehovah
H6743
came
H3381
mightily upon him, and he went down
H831
to Ashkelon,
H5221
and smote
H7970
thirty
H376
men
H3947
of them, and took
H2488
their spoil,
H5414
and gave
H2487
the changes
H5046
of raiment unto them that declared
H2420
the riddle.
H639
And his anger
H2734
was kindled,
H5927
and he went up
H1
to his father's
H1004
house.