Judges 14:10

So his father went down to the woman, and made a feast for his son Samson: for so the young men used to do.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

In Context

9And when be had taken it in his hands, he went on eating: and coming to his father and mother, he gave them of it, and they ate: but he would not tell them, that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

11And when the citizens of that place saw him, they brought him thirty companions to be with him.

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Cross References

Esther 1:7And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence.

Matthew 22:2The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son.

Revelation 19:9And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me: These words of God are true.

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:2-10

Samson Chooses a Philistine Wife; A Lion Slain by Samson. ( b. c. 1141.) 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the… Read the whole commentary →

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