Judges 14:9
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
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Gill's Exposition
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating,.... Josephus (k) says he took three honeycombs, he means three pieces of the honeycomb, and ate the honey as he went along to Timnath; which he…
Here, I. Samson, under the extraordinary guidance of Providence, seeks an occasion of quarrelling with the Philistines, by joining in affinity with them - a strange method, but the truth is Samson was…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And he took it … had taken The word, which occurs only here (? in Jer 5:31), is used in the Talmud for taking honey out of the hive, detaching bread from the sides of the oven; so we may render he…