17 Now she had wept on him the seven days while their feast lasted. And it happened on the seventh day that he told her, because she pressed him so much. Then she explained the riddle to the sons of her people.
18 So the men of the city said to 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 to them:
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”
“What is sweeter than honey?
And what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them:
“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
You would not have solved my riddle!”
19 Then athe Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave the changes of clothing to those who had explained the riddle. So his anger was aroused, and he went back up to his father’s house.
20 And Samson’s wife awas given to his companion, who had been bhis best man.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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What Does Judges 14:19 Mean?
Judges 14:19
The Spirit of the Lord entered Samson to enable him to do what a human being normally could not have done. Now, if we had been watching this going on, to whom or what would we have attributed what happened? If we had been from Ashkelon, we would definitely have thought this could not possibly be of God. But God reports that that Samson's slaying of thirty men indeed was of Him.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Holy Spirit and the Trinity (Part Four)
Related Topics: Ashkelon
| Samson's Supernatural Strength
| Spirit of the Lord
| Spirit of the Lord Empowers Samson
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