²² So Laban brought together all the people of the place and gave a feast.^(A)

¹² “Let me tell you a riddle,^(A)” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast,^(B) I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.^(C)

¹⁸ And the king gave a great banquet,^(A) Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials.^(B) He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.^(C)

¹¹ “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

¹² He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend^(A)?’ The man was speechless.