14:4a (Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD,

His father and mother did not know that his insistence was from Yahweh.
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But Samson’s parents did not understand that Yahweh had caused ⌊him to want to marry a Philistia woman⌋ .

14:4b who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines;

For he was planning a way to challenge the Philistia people.
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Yahweh was preparing a way ⌊to defeat⌋ the Philistia people.

14:4c for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

At the time, the Philistia people ruled Israel.
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That was because they ruled Israel at that time.

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