Judges 14:1–7

Samson’s Marriage

¹Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.

²So he came ¹back and told his father and ²mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.”

³Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your ^1arelatives, or among all ²our people, that you go to ^btake a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she ³looks good to me.”

⁴However, his father and mother did not know that ^ait was of the Lord, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.

⁵Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.

^6aThe Spirit of the Lord ¹came upon him mightily, so that ^bhe tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

⁷So he went down and talked to the woman; and she ¹looked good to Samson.