12 And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it unto me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand `pieces' of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
And he spake a parable unto those that were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief seats; saying unto them,
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.
His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.
Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?
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Commentary on Judges 14 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 14
The idea which this chapter gives us of Samson is not what one might have expected concerning one who, by the special designation of heaven, was a Nazarite to God and a deliverer of Israel; and yet really he was both. Here is,
Jdg 14:1-9
Here,
Jdg 14:10-20
We have here an account of Samson's wedding feast and the occasion it gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines.