as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass. The walk to Timnah must have been tense. We can tell because Samson and his parents were on the same trip but not walking together. A young lion leaped at Samson. He overpowered it with a strength that came from God so that the lion was ripped open and its limbs were torn from their sockets. The dead carcass was cast aside. Samson said