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When he came back later to marry[a] her, he turned aside to observe the lion’s carcass. Amazingly, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, complete with honey. So he scraped some out into his hands and went on his way, eating all the while. When he met his father and mother, he gave some[b] to them, and they ate it, too. But he didn’t inform them that he had scraped the honey from the carcass of the lion.

Samson’s Riddle

10 Later on, when his father went down to visit[c] the woman, Samson threw a party there, since young men customarily did this.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 14:8 Lit. take
  2. Judges 14:9 The Heb. lacks some
  3. Judges 14:10 The Heb. lacks visit