Judges 14:10

And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a + 14:10 i. e. in the original sense of the word, a drinking party.banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

Brenton Septuagint

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 he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.

11And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.

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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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