12 And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;
Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.
And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?
So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.
Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years. And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
And they took off his clothing, and put on him a red robe.
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?
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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.