Judges 11:1-17
Jephthah’s Call to Leadership
Judges 11:18-28
Jephthah’s History Lesson
Judges 11:29-40
Jephthah’s Vow to the Lord
Judges 13:1-7
Israel’s Final Judge
Judges 13:8-14
Sampson’s Parents Make a Vow
Judges 13:15-25
Sampson was Born
Judges 14:1-7
Samson Falls in Love
Judges 14:8-20
The Marriage of Samson
Judges 15:1-13
Fastening Torches to the Foxes Tails
Judges 15:14-20
Wholesale Slaughter with the Jawbone of a donkey
Judges 16:1-22
Delilah leads Samson to his doom
Judges 16:4-22
Delilah Leads Samson to his Doom
Judges 16:23-31
The Death of Samson
The Marriage of Samson
Judges 14:8–20
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In those days the parents arranged for a marriage, and there was several weeks between engagement and marriage. On the trip to Timnah with his parents he had killed a lion with his bare hands. Then several weeks later when he came back, perhaps to complete the marriage, he found honey in the dead carcass of the lion. Samson not only defied his parents, but he defiled his body by eating honey from the dead carcass of the lion (vv. 8-9). Numbers 6:6-9 tells us that a Nazarite was never to touch a dead body, but Samson deliberately defiled himself for the sake of the honey!
The usual length of the celebration was seven days, and the marriage was not consummated until the end of that time. Samson challenges the thirty companions of the wedding party to a riddle (vv. 10-14). If they could answer the riddle by the end of the celebration, he was to give them garments of superior quality. If they couldn’t answer the riddle, they were to give him the same. When they couldn’t answer it, they put pressure on Samson’s wife to find out the answer from Samson (vv. 15-20). The woman, fearing her life used a flood of tears to get him to tell his secret. The marriage was never completed, but the seeds of sin had already been planted in his heart.
Application
Think of the Christians today who defile themselves just to enjoy a little honey. I need to explain to my family how in just a few minutes of so-called pleasure of sin may ruin and wreck your entire life. Also, it will have a damaging effect on the lives of others as well.
Judges 14:8-20 (English Standard Version)
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