Judges 14:3 meaning and explanation

But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”

Judges 14:3, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

Samson has returned from Timnah and asked his parents to arrange a marriage with a Philistine woman. Their question carries real weight: Israel was told not to intermarry with the surrounding peoples, and the Philistines were the very power ruling over Israel at that time.

Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.

Read this verse in the app