‘But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.'

Samson had chosen one of the thirty companions to be ‘the friend of the bridegroom', the one who stood by him during the marriage feast (compare John 3:29). It may be that this man had not participated in the threats to the woman and was her close friend, or perhaps he saw his main opportunity to marry into a wealthy and influential family, for when she was seemingly left stranded and husbandless he stepped in and married her to console her and hide her shame.

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