Hakim-hakim 14:4

14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, ¹  because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines ²  (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

Hakim-hakim 14:1

Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. ³ 

1 Raja-raja 12:15

12:15 The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events ⁴  so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made ⁵  through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

[14:4]  ¹ tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”

[14:4]  ² tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”

[14:1]  ³ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[12:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “because this turn of events was from the Lord.”

[12:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “so that he might bring to pass his word which the Lord spoke.”