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The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew and Yahweh blessed him. (Judges 13, 24)
Samson went down to Timnah and saw a Philistine woman. (Judges 14, 1)
His father and mother said to him, "Is there no one among the daughters of your brothers and among all your people that you should go and take a wife from among those uncircumcised Philistines?" Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for I like her." (Judges 14, 3)
Samson then went down to Timnah, and when he reached the vineyards at Timnah, a young lion came up roaring toward him. (Judges 14, 5)
The Spirit of Yahweh then seized Samson. With bare hands he tore the lion to pieces as he would have done with a young goat. (Judges 14, 6)
Samson scraped the honey into his hands and ate it as he walked. When he reached his parents, he gave them honey and they ate it, too. But he did not tell them he had taken the honey from the lion's carcass. (Judges 14, 9)
Then, Samson's father went down to the woman and Samson offered a banquet as was the custom among the young. (Judges 14, 10)
Samson said to them, "I am going to give you a riddle. If you can give me the right solution within seven days of the feast, I shall give you thirty tunics and thirty linen garments. (Judges 14, 12)
After three days, they had not guessed the riddle. So on the fourth day, they said to Samson's wife, "Convince your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father's family. Did you invite us to rob us?" (Judges 14, 15)
Samson's wife began to weep and she threw herself upon her husband saying, "You do not like me or love me anymore. You have given a riddle to the young men of my people, but you have not explained it to me." He said to her, "I have not explained it even to my parents, why should I explain it to you?" (Judges 14, 16)
On the seventh day, before the married couple were to enter the wedding chamber, the people of the city said to Samson, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my young cow, you would not have guessed my riddle." (Judges 14, 18)
So Samson's wife was given to one of his wedding companions. (Judges 14, 20)
