Samson seeks a wife

1Then Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw a woman from the daughters of the Philistines.

2Then he went up and told his father and mother, and he said, “I saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. So now, get her for me as a wife.”

3But his father and his mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people, that you are going to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”

4But his father and mother did not know that it was from Yahweh, for he was seeking an occasion from the Philistines. At that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.