12 Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.
He said, All is well. My master has 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; please give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.
The king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
His disciples said to him, "Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.
Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years." Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. He gave him Rachel his daughter as wife.
Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,
"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he 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.