1. Judges 14:7 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is suggested by the mention that he “talked with the woman”?

Judges 14:7 (ESV)

7 Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she was right in Samson’s eyes.

The narrative mentions for the first time that Samson talked with the woman he plans to marry. It is possible, in light of Judges 14:1 which had simply mentioned that Samson saw the Philistine woman, that this is the first time he actually spoke with her.1