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So he cameback and told his father and mother, "I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife."
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Then his father and his mothersaid to him, "Is therenowoman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcisedPhilistines?" But Samsonsaid to his father, "Get her for me, for she looks*good to me."
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However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for He was seeking an occasionagainst the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
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Then Samsonwentdown to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a younglion came roaringtoward him.
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The Spirit of the LORDcame upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a younggoat though he hadnothing* in his hand; but he did not tell his father or motherwhat he had done.
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When he returnedlater* to take her, he turnedaside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.
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So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion.