Judges 14:9

וַיִּרְדֵּהוּ אֶל ־ כַּפָּיו וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֹךְ וְאָכֹל וַיֵּלֶךְ אֶל ־ אָבִיו וְאֶל ־ אִמּוֹ וַיִּתֵּן לָהֶם וַיֹּאכֵלוּ וְלֹֽא ־ הִגִּיד לָהֶם כִּי מִגְּוִיַּת הָאַרְיֵה רָדָה הַדְּבָֽשׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

8וַיָּשָׁב מִיָּמִים לְקַחְתָּהּ וַיָּסַר לִרְאוֹת אֵת מַפֶּלֶת הָאַרְיֵה וְהִנֵּה עֲדַת דְּבוֹרִים בִּגְוִיַּת הָאַרְיֵה וּדְבָֽשׁ ׃

10וַיֵּרֶד אָבִיהוּ אֶל ־ הָאִשָּׁה וַיַּעַשׂ שָׁם שִׁמְשׁוֹן מִשְׁתֶּה כִּי כֵּן יַעֲשׂוּ הַבַּחוּרִֽים ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 10:16וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל אֶל ־ דּוֹדוֹ הַגֵּד הִגִּיד לָנוּ כִּי נִמְצְאוּ הָאֲתֹנוֹת וְאֶת ־ דְּבַר הַמְּלוּכָה לֹֽא ־ הִגִּיד לוֹ אֲשֶׁר אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵֽל ׃ פ

1 Samuel 14:25וְכָל ־ הָאָרֶץ בָּאוּ בַיָּעַר וַיְהִי דְבַשׁ עַל ־ פְּנֵי הַשָּׂדֶֽה ׃

Proverbs 25:15בְּאֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יְפֻתֶּה קָצִין וְלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה תִּשְׁבָּר ־ גָּֽרֶם ׃

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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