¹⁴ she took off her widow’s clothes,^(A) covered herself with a veil^(B) to disguise herself, and then sat down^(C) at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah.^(D) For she saw that, though Shelah^(E) had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

Samson’s Marriage

14 Samson^(A) went down to Timnah^(B) and saw there a young Philistine woman.

² When he returned, he said to his father and mother, “I have seen a Philistine woman in Timnah; now get her for me as my wife.”^(A)

¹⁸ while the Philistines^(A) had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon^(B) and Gederoth,^(C) as well as Soko,^(D) Timnah^(E) and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.