1. Judges 14:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is significant about the mention that “so the young men used to do”?

Judges 14:10 (ESV)

10 His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, for so the young men used to do.

Apparently Samson, by hosting a drinking feast at his wedding, is becoming more and more Philistine-like in his actions. The young men set the standards that Samson is trying to imitate.

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