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Judges 14 General Notes
Structure and formatting
The account of Samson continues in this chapter.
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 14:14, 18.
Special concepts in this chapter
Intermarriage
It was considered sinful for an Israel to marry a Canaanite or anyone from a different people group. This is why Samson's parents did not want him to marry a Philistine woman. They use rhetorical questions to convince him that he is sinning. This woman caused Samson many problems. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)