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Judges 14:7-9
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7 Samson continued on down to Timnah[a] and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one.[b] 8 Some time later, when he went back to marry[c] her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw[d] a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey. 9 He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned[e] to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass.[f]

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  1. Judges 14:7 tn Heb “He went down.”
  2. Judges 14:7 tn Heb “She was the right one in the eyes of Samson.”
  3. Judges 14:8 tn Heb “get.”
  4. Judges 14:8 tn Heb “and look, a swarm of bees….”
  5. Judges 14:9 tn Heb “went.” Samson apparently went home to his parents before going to Timnah for the marriage. Seeing and tasting the honey appears to encourage Manoah to go with his son to Timnah. Perhaps both Samson and his father viewed the honey as a good omen of future blessing. Possibly Samson considered it a symbol of sexual pleasure or an aphrodisiac. Note the use of honey imagery in Song 4:11 and 5:1.
  6. Judges 14:9 sn Touching the carcass of a dead animal undoubtedly violated Samson’s Nazirite status. See Num 6:6.
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