Judges 14:8 meaning and explanation

When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

Judges 14:8, Berean Standard Bible

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Samson is traveling back to Timnah to complete his marriage to the Philistine woman, having earlier torn a young lion apart with his bare hands by the Spirit of the LORD. He steps aside to look at the carcass and finds bees nesting in it with honey, a striking image in a land where water and sweetness were precious.

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