Judges 14 Study-Samson's wife-lion & honey riddle
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GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE-
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
STORY OF SAMSON
JUDGES 14 - STUDY GUIDE
Judges 14:1-3 Samson chooses a woman of the daughters of the Philistines to be his wife. His father and mother are concerned, for the Philistines are of the uncircumcised.
Judges 14:5-6 Samson and his father and mother are in Timnath. In the vineyards, Sampson, filled with the Spirit of the LORD, rent an angry lion as he would have rent a kid.
Judges 14:7-9 the woman pleased Samson ... he finds a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:10-14 Sampson made a feast. He challenges thirty companions to solve this riddle: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness ... And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Judges 14:15-20 Samson's wife is threatened by the thirty companions, to entice her husband to tell the riddle. She cries to him for seven days. On the seventh day he tells her the riddle. The men know the riddle, Samson realizes what has happened, and he slays them, takes the garments, and gives his wife to his friend.
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
STORY OF SAMSON
JUDGES 14 - STUDY GUIDE
Judges 14:1-3 Samson chooses a woman of the daughters of the Philistines to be his wife. His father and mother are concerned, for the Philistines are of the uncircumcised.
Judges 14:5-6 Samson and his father and mother are in Timnath. In the vineyards, Sampson, filled with the Spirit of the LORD, rent an angry lion as he would have rent a kid.
Judges 14:7-9 the woman pleased Samson ... he finds a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:10-14 Sampson made a feast. He challenges thirty companions to solve this riddle: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness ... And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Judges 14:15-20 Samson's wife is threatened by the thirty companions, to entice her husband to tell the riddle. She cries to him for seven days. On the seventh day he tells her the riddle. The men know the riddle, Samson realizes what has happened, and he slays them, takes the garments, and gives his wife to his friend.
Judges 14:1-3 Samson chooses a woman of the daughters of the Philistines to be his wife. His father and mother are concerned, for the Philistines are of the uncircumcised.
1: And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
2: And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said,
I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
3: Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines?
And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
4: But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Judges 14:5-6 Samson and his father and mother are in Timnath. In the vineyards, Sampson, filled with the Spirit of the LORD, rent an angry lion as he would have rent a kid.
5: Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
6: And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Judges 14:7-9 the woman pleased Samson ... he finds a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
7: And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
8: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
9: And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Judges 14:10-14 Sampson made a feast. He challenges thirty companions to solve this riddle: Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness ... And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
10: So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
11: And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
12: And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
13: But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
14: And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
Judges 14:15-20 Samson's wife is threatened by the thirty companions, to entice her husband to tell the riddle. She cries to him for seven days. On the seventh day he tells her the riddle. The men know the riddle, Samson realizes what has happened, and he slays them, takes the garments, and gives his wife to his friend.
15: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
16: And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
17: And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
18: And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
19: And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
20: But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Places In Judges 14
Timnath
Ashkelon,
Biblical References to Timnath
Joshua 19:49-51 The Children of Israel Gave an Inheritance to Joshua, the son of Nun
49: When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
50: According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
51: These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
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Ashkelon: is a city along the Mediterranean Sea. In modern times, Ashkelon sits is near the border of the Gaza Strip. It is written that as an ancient seaport, it dates back to the Neolithic Age. Many rulers have been in charge of Ashkelon over these many years. For the purpose of this document, The Philistines ruled the city. Others include the Canaanites, the Israelites, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Persians, the Egyptians, and the Crusaders.
GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE-
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
STORY OF SAMSON
JUDGES 13 - STUDY GUIDE
Judges 13:1-5 Manoah and his barren wife ... angel of the LORD appears to her ... but thou shalt conceive and bear a son ...
an no rasor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite ... he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines
Judges 13:6-7 Manoah's wife shares with him the Angel's appearance, but not the exact words said to her, for she says, the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
Judges 13:8-10 Manoah intreats the LORD ... let the man of God ... come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do. ... In the field, the angel of God came again to the woman.
Judges 13:11-18 Manoah went after his wife ... asks the angel ...Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? Angel answers: I am...
The Angel strongly states his warning about his wife not drinking wine or strong drink any unclean thing ...Manoah asks the Angel's name ... The Angel says:Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Judges 13:19-25 Manoah's offering upon a rock unto the LORD ...the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar ... Manoah says 'we shall surely die, because we have seen God' ...
His wife said otherwise, a son was born who they named Samson.
... 'And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in
the camp of Dan.'
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GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE-
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
STORY OF SAMSON
JUDGES 15 - STUDY GUIDE
Judges 15:1-3 Samson is not suffered to see his wife by her father. He offers him her younger sister instead.
Judges 15:4-8 Samson burns the Philistines Shocks, corn, vineyards and olives. They in turn, burn his wife and her father. All this because she had been given to his companion by her Timnite father.
Sampson avenges this, with a great slaughter
Judges 15:9-13 The Men of Judah, who are under the rule of the Philistines, bind Samson and deliver him to them, yet the men of Judah swear to Samson, they will not kill him.
Judges 15:14-20 Samson's strength loosens his bonds, and he slew a thousand men of the Philistines, with a jawbone of an ass. names this place Ramath-lehi. Thirsty after, God clave a hollow place in the jawbone of the ass, and water appeared.
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GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE-
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
STORY OF SAMSON
JUDGES 16 - STUDY GUIDE
Judges 16:1-2 Samson goes to Gaza, takes for himself a harlot. The Gazites lay in wait to kill him in the morning
Judges 16:3 At midnight, Samson takes the doors of the city gate ... carries them to top of hill before Hebron
Judges 16:4-5 Samson meets and loves Delilah. She is asked by the Philistines to see wherein his great strength lieth, offering each to pay her eleven hundred pieces of silver
Judges 16:6-15 Deliah ask Samson wherein thy great strength lieth, and he lies to her, mocking her three times. Each time the Philistines lay in wait to take him, and each time she says...The Philistines be upon thee Samson.
Judges 16:16-17 Delilah pressed him daily, and Samson tells her the truth with all his heart ... if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me ...
Judges 16:18-21 Deliah calls for the lords of the Philistines ...She made Samson sleep ... a man shaves off the seven locks of his head ... Samson's strength went ... The Philistines put out his eyes, bind him in fetters, and place him in a Gaza prison house to grind.
Judges 16:22-24 Samson's hair grows ...The lords of the Philistines offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god ... the people praise Dagon for delivering Samson ... which slew many of us
Judges 16:25-31 The people call for Samson. They make sport of him ... he is placed between the pillars. He asks the lad holding him to place him where he can feel the pillars. He prays to GOD for strength to avenge the Philistines. Pressing the pillars, he asks to die with the Philistines. He brings down the house upon all their heads, killing all within. Samson buried at the place of Manoah his father.
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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES THE PHILISTINES
GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
1 SAMUEL 4 - STUDY GUIDE
1 Samuel 4:1-2 The word of Samuel came to all Israel ... Israel went out against the Philistines ... Israel was smitten ... the Philistines slew about four thousand men.
1 Samuel 4:3-5 the people ask ... Whereforth hath the LORD smitten us ... Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh ... it may save us ... the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas were with the ark ... when the ark ... came into the camp ... all Israel shouted
1 Samuel 4:6-10 the Philistines heard the noise ... and were afraid ... they said ... Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? ... Be strong ... that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews ... and fight ... and there was a very great slaughter; the Philistines slew of Israel thirty thousand footmen
1 Samuel 4:11-13 the ark of God was taken and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain ... there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army ... all the city cried out
1 Samuel 4:14-17 Eli heard the noise ...the man told Eli ... who was ninety and eight years old ... Israel is fled before the Philistines ... there hath been also a great slaughter ... thy two sons ... are dead ... the ark of God is taken
1 Samuel 4:18-22 Eli ... fell from off the seat ... his neck brake and he died ...Phinehas' wife was with child ...she heard ... that the ark of God was taken ... her pains came upon her ... the time of her death the women ... said ... Fear not; for thou hast born a son ... she named the child I-chabod ... she said, The glory is departed from Israel ... the ark of God is taken
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GOD'S FAMILY TREES OF THE HOLY BIBLE
Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
1 SAMUEL 4 - STUDY GUIDE
1 Samuel 4:1-2 The word of Samuel came to all Israel ... Israel went out against the Philistines ... Israel was smitten ... the Philistines slew about four thousand men.
1 Samuel 4:3-5 the people ask ... Whereforth hath the LORD smitten us ... Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh ... it may save us ... the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas were with the ark ... when the ark ... came into the camp ... all Israel shouted
1 Samuel 4:6-10 the Philistines heard the noise ... and were afraid ... they said ... Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? ... Be strong ... that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews ... and fight ... and there was a very great slaughter; the Philistines slew of Israel thirty thousand footmen
1 Samuel 4:11-13 the ark of God was taken and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain ... there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army ... all the city cried out
1 Samuel 4:14-17 Eli heard the noise ...the man told Eli ... who was ninety and eight years old ... Israel is fled before the Philistines ... there hath been also a great slaughter ... thy two sons ... are dead ... the ark of God is taken
1 Samuel 4:18-22 Eli ... fell from off the seat ... his neck brake and he died ...Phinehas' wife was with child ...she heard ... that the ark of God was taken ... her pains came upon her ... the time of her death the women ... said ... Fear not; for thou hast born a son ... she named the child I-chabod ... she said, The glory is departed from Israel ... the ark of God is taken
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