For the daughters of Zelophehad – Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah – were married to the sons of their uncles.

The young woman’s father must say to the elders, “I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

(23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.

your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water –

When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife.

They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.

Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives.

a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull.

There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.

The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.

Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!”

Manoah’s wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him.

Then Samson’s father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.

Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.

After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley.

The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.

Then Naomi’s two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone – bereaved of her two children as well as her husband!

In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him!

Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he used to give meat portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.