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Judges 14:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 14:8

Verse 8 of 20

Scripture focus

And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, [there was] a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

Judges 14:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 14:8

Theological / Devotional

After a time. Nothing in the record indicates how long a time elapsed between the visit of the previous verse and this trip to consummate the marriage. A betrothal might last a year.

In the carcase. By nature bees avoid all decomposition and putrefaction. Evidently jackals and vultures had stripped the flesh from the bones and the heat had dried them out. Only the mere skeleton remained. In the cavity formed by the ribs a swarm of bees had built a nest. Herodotus tells how the skull of an enemy, which the people of Amathus had fastened over their city gate, served as a hive for bees.

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