And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. (Judges 14:9)
The parents evidently had consented to go to the wedding, although their presence is not mentioned there. Samson had turned aside momentarily to see the lion.
In his hands.
It was the honeycombs that Samson carried in his hands, eating as he went (see 1 Sam. 14:29). No doubt this was a violation of Samson’s Nazirite vow, for the fact that the honey was taken from a skeleton would render it unclean, and unclean food was forbidden (ch. 13:7).