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Judges 14:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body. "

Judges 14:9

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7 He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.

8 After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

9 He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.

10 His father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men used to do so.

11 When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.

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Judges 14:1

"Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines."

Judges 14:2

"He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”"

Judges 14:3

"Then his father and his mother said to him, “Isn’t there a woman among your brothers’ daughters, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?” Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she pleases me well.”"

Judges 14:4

"But his father and his mother didn’t know that it was of the LORD; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines ruled over Israel."

Judges 14:5

"Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him."

Judges 14:6

"The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done."

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