He came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me as wife.
"Judges 14:4 is not only shocking, but it is also the key to chaps. 14-15. Accordingly, although Yahweh is largely absent from the narrative, in one way or another his agenda is being achieved in Samson’s life. At the same time, while Yahweh’s agenda is being achieved, the course of Samson’s life is all downhill, a fact reflected by the fivefold repetition of the verb yarad, ’to go down’ (Judges 14:1; Judges 14:5; Judges 14:7; Judges 14:19; Judges 15:8)." [Note: Block, Judges . . ., p. 422.] 