Judges · around about 1085 BC
Samson Kills a Lion
Samson Kills a Lion is recorded in Judges and falls around about 1085 BC. Below is what happened, where it fits, and the full text.
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What happened
Samson tears apart a young lion with his bare hands and later finds honey in its carcass.
Where it fits on the timeline
Samson kills the lion on the way to Timnah, before using it as the subject of his wedding riddle (Judges 14:5-9; Judges 14:10-20).
The passage
Judges 14:5-9
Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and his mother, and came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion roared at him. The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he tore him as he would have torn a young goat with his bare hands, but he didn’t tell his father or his mother what he had done. He went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. After a while he returned to take her, and he went over to see the carcass of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. He took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went. He came to his father and mother and gave to them, and they ate, but he didn’t tell them that he had taken the honey out of the lion’s body.
Scripture references
Judges 14:5-9
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