Samson found a daughter of the Philistines in Timnath that he wanted to marry and asked his parents to make the proper arrangements. They did not approve of marriage to one not of God's people and asked if he could not find an Israelite girl for a wife (compare Exodus 34:11-16; Deuteronomy 7:1-6). Of course, his parents did not know that God was going to use this marriage to produce an opportunity to deal a blow to the Philistines (Ruth 14:1-4).

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