The reading for Friday, March 10, 2023 , is Judges 14 - 16

Judges 14 - 16 

Samson's desire for his 1st wife is from the Lord to seek an occasion to confront the Philistines? This is weird. The Philistines were ruling over Israel. Why isn't that enough? I also note that his parents want him to get a wife from among his family/people. This is weird to me as well, but seemed to be part of that culture at that time. 

Why does it sound like it's okay for men, including Samson, to go in and sleep with a prostitute in the Old Testament? 

Why does Samson finally tell Delilah the source of his strength? She's been trying to get him to tell her the truth of it and then doing the very thing that he says will take his strength. What did he think would be different this time. Today, I found myself wondering if Samson had known the Philistines were hidden in the room the other times when Delilah told Samson that the Philistines were upon him? Verse 16:20, looks like Samson had known the Philistines were there before as Samson had shook them off, 


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