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Judges 14:2-4
Living Bible
Judges 14:2-4
Living Bible
2 and when he got home he told his father and mother that he wanted to marry her. 3 They objected strenuously.
“Why don’t you marry a Jewish girl?” they asked. “Why must you go and get a wife from these heathen Philistines? Isn’t there one girl among all the people of Israel you could marry?”
But Samson told his father, “She is the one I want. Get her for me.”
4 His father and mother didn’t realize that the Lord was behind the request, for God was setting a trap for the Philistines, who at that time were the rulers of Israel.
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