2 He went ⌊home⌋ and told his father and mother, “I’ve seen a Philistine woman at Timnah. Now get her for me so that I can marry her.”
3 His father and mother asked him, “Aren’t there any women among our relatives or all our people? Do you have to marry a woman from those godless Philistines?”But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She’s the one I want!”
4 His father and mother didn’t know that the Lord was behind this. The Lord was looking for an opportunity to do something to the Philistines. (At that time the Philistines were ruling Israel.)
5 Samson went with his father and mother to Timnah. When they were coming to the vineyards of Timnah, a young roaring lion met Samson.
6 The Lord’s Spirit came over him. With his bare hands, he tore the lion apart as if it were a young goat. He didn’t tell his parents what he had done.
7 Then he went to talk to the young woman. She was the one he wanted.
8 Later he went back to marry her. ⌊On his way⌋ he left the road to look at the lion he had killed. He saw a swarm of bees and some honey in the lion’s dead body.