12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
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 the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, 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 put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this 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 also.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak 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.