14:10 Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. 1 Samson hosted a party 2 there, for this was customary for bridegrooms 3 to do. 14:11 When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company. 4
1 tn Heb “And his father went down to the woman.”
2 tn Or “[wedding] feast.”
3 tn Heb “the young men.”
4 tn Heb “When they saw him, they gave him thirty companions and they were with him.” Instead of כִּרְאוֹתָם (kir’otam, “when they saw”) some ancient witnesses (e.g., some