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.
He scooped up the honey in his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he reached his parents, he gave some to them and they ate it too. But he didn't tell them that he had taken the honey from the dead body of the lion.
This verse shows Samson keeping a secret from his parents about where the honey came from - the carcass of a lion he had killed.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during Samson's journey to marry a Philistine woman, against his parents' wishes. Earlier, Samson had killed a lion with his bare hands, and later discovered bees had made honey in its carcass. According to Jewish law, touching a dead body made someone ceremonially unclean, and eating from it would be forbidden.
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