9. 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 ( 13:7).
To his father. 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.