Judges 14:8

And he returned, after a time, to take her, and went aside to see the carcass of the lion,—and lo! a swarm of bees, in the body of the lion, and, honey,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

In Context

7So he went down, and spake unto the woman,—and she was pleasant in the eyes of Samson.

9which he took into his hands, and went on—eating as he went, and came unto his father and unto his mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat,—but he told them not that, out of the carcass of the lion, he had taken the honey.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:21Then said Jacob unto Laban: Come give me my wife, for fulfilled are my days,—that I may go in unto her.

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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