Samson’s Marriage

14 A while later, Samson went down to Timnah and observed a woman in Timnah who was of Philistine origin.^{[a] 2} Then he returned and told his father and mother, “In Timnah I saw a woman of Philistine origin.”^[b] He ordered them, “Get her for me as a wife. Now!”^[c]

³ His father and mother asked him, “Isn’t there a woman suitable^[d] among the daughters of your relatives or among all of our people, since you’re going to get your^[e] wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?”

But Samson retorted to his father, “Get her for me, since she looks fine to me.” ⁴ Meanwhile, his father and mother did not know that she was from the Lord, because he had been seeking a favorable opportunity concerning the Philistines, since^[f] the Philistines were dominating Israel at that time.