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- The chapter begins with Samson demanding his parents to get him a Philistine woman from Timnah as his wife. On his way to Timnah, a young lion attacks Samson, and through divine intervention, Samson tears the lion apart barehanded.
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Apr 6, 2015 · In Judges 14, Samson kills a lion and leaves the body there. When he comes back to it, a swarm of bees has taken over and there is now honey there: 5 Samson went down to Timnah together with his father and mother.
The Bible text says that the Spirit of the Lord came on him in power so that he tore the lion with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat (Judges 14:6) but I asked them how they would have done it if they had been Samson. Suddenly they were bubbling with dramatic possibilities.
Not only does an unarmed Samson kill the lion, but he literally tears it apart with his bare hands. The text compares this to ripping the limbs from a small animal during the butchering process. Samson does this to an animal which is at least the size of an adult man.
Samson tore the lion apart like one tears a young goat. He had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. 7 Then Samson went down and talked to the woman. She looked good to him. 8 When he returned later to take her, he turned to look at the dead lion.
Suddenly a young lion came roaring at him, 6 and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. 7 Then Samson continued on his way down and spoke to the woman, because she was pleasing to his eyes.…
He tore the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat: Though Samson flirted with compromise – both with his impending marriage and the vineyards of Timnah – he still had miraculous strength because the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him.
On his way to Timnah, a young lion attacks Samson, and through divine intervention, Samson tears the lion apart barehanded. Later, when he passes by the carcass, he finds a swarm of bees and honey in it, which he eats and shares with his parents, keeping the killing of the lion a secret.
