Samson’s Marriage
1 Heb. 11:32Samson went down to Gen. 38:12,13;Josh. 15:10;19:43Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 Then he came up and told his father and mother, "I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah. [Gen. 34:4]Now get her for me as my wife." 3 But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters [Gen. 24:3,4;28:1,2] of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the ch. 15:18;1 Sam. 14:6;17:26,36;31:4;2 Sam. 1:20uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes."
4 His father and mother did not know that it was Josh. 11:20from the Lord, for he was seeking an opportunity against the Philistines. ch. 13:1;15:11At that time the Philistines ruled over Israel.