Jueces 14:9

9 Y tomándolo en sus manos, se fue comiéndolo por el camino; y cuando llegó a su padre y a su madre, les dio también a ellos para que comieran; mas no les descubrió que había tomado aquella miel del cuerpo muerto del león

Jueces 14:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 14:9

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating
Josephus ^F11 says he took three honeycombs, he means three pieces of the honeycomb, and ate the honey as he went along to Timnath; which he might do without touching the carcass of the lion, and defiling himself thereby, which, as a Nazarite, he was more especially to be careful of:

and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat;
who went down with him to the consummation of the marriage, and from whom he had turned a little aside; and now overtook them, and to whom he gave some of his honey to eat, which, having travelled some way, might be grateful to them. The above writer takes no notice of this, but says he gave of it to the young woman whom he betrothed, when he came to her; but of that the text makes no mention:

but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of
the lion;
either lest they should scruple eating it, being taken out of such a carcass; or that the riddle, which perhaps he meditated as he came along eating the honey, might not be found out, which might more easily have been done, had this fact been known by any.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8. sect. 6.)

Jueces 14:9 In-Context

7 Vino pues, y habló a la mujer que había agradado a Sansón

8 Y volviendo después de algunos días para tomarla, se apartó del camino para ver el cuerpo muerto del león, y he aquí en el cuerpo del león un enjambre de abejas, y un panal de miel

9 Y tomándolo en sus manos, se fue comiéndolo por el camino; y cuando llegó a su padre y a su madre, les dio también a ellos para que comieran; mas no les descubrió que había tomado aquella miel del cuerpo muerto del león

10 Vino, pues, su padre a la mujer, y Sansón hizo allí banquete; porque así solían hacer los jóvenes

11 Y cuando ellos le vieron, tomaron treinta compañeros que estuvieran con él