Judges 14:9

And 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.

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In The King James Version

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

In Context

8And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey were in the mouth of the lion.

10And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:16And Saul said to his kinsman, He verily told me that the asses were found. But the matter of the kingdom he told him not.

1 Samuel 14:25And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground.

Proverbs 25:15In long-suffering is prosperity to kings, 1 And a soft tongue breaks the bones. 1

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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