Judges 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
This text belongs to the account of Samson's marriage to the Philistine woman of Timnath, recording his return to claim his bride only to find she had been given to another man. It falls at the moment he was entering manhood to carry out his divine mission as judge and deliverer of Israel, when above all he should have been true to God. That marriage was a self-pleasing connection with the enemies of Israel, formed against the dissuasion of his God-fearing parents. It was entered without asking whether the union would better glorify God or place him where he could fulfill the purpose of his life.
It illustrates his attraction to women and his failure to govern his passions, for though able to choose right or wrong he yielded to temptation instead of obeying God and exercising self-control. The giving of his bride to another man was a betrayal that led to the conflict that followed. Beyond the father's stated thought that Samson had utterly hated her, and his offer of the younger sister as fairer and as a substitute, no further explanation of the decision is given. That chosen path led him away from God's strength and ended in shame, disaster, and death.