Samson’s Philistine Wife
1 Now Samson went down Gen. 38:13; Josh. 15:10, 57to Timnah, and Gen. 34:2saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he went up and told his father and mother, saying, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, Gen. 21:21get her for me as a wife."
3 Then his father and mother said to him, "Isthere no woman among the daughters of Gen. 24:3, 4your brethren, or among all my people, that you must go and get a wife from the Gen. 34:14; Ex. 34:16; Deut. 7:3uncircumcised Philistines?"
And Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she pleases me well."
4 But his father and mother did not know that it was Josh. 11:20; 1 Kin. 12:15; 2 Kin. 6:33; 2 Chr. 10:15of the Lord—that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time Deut. 28:48; Judg. 13:1the Philistines had dominion over Israel.