In this video listen to Judges 14 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.

In Judges 14 the scene is set in Timnah. Back in Joshua 15, Timnah was a part of the dividing up of the inheritance of the land and part of the boundary of Judah, but now seems to have reverted to the Philistines. One of the big tragedies of not doing what God asks is that you lose ground. There doesn't seem to be a neutral in spiritual matters.

Not rowing is to risk going with the current somewhere you didn’t want to go. Our first impression of Samsoon is a bad one. He is immediately going against everything taught in the Law, and looking at inter-marriage with the nations who worshipped other gods. In modern times we question the wisdom of marriage based on appearance only, but that is not a good enough reason to reject a potential partner, but f ...