Judges 14:1
_AND SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNATH, AND SAW A WOMAN IN TIMNATH OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES._ Timnath - now Tibna, about three miles from Zorah, his birthplace. SAW A WOMAN ... OF THE PHILISTINES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNATH, AND SAW A WOMAN IN TIMNATH OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES._ Timnath - now Tibna, about three miles from Zorah, his birthplace. SAW A WOMAN ... OF THE PHILISTINES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE CAME UP, AND TOLD HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER, AND SAID, I HAVE SEEN A WOMAN IN TIMNATH OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES: NOW THEREFORE GET HER FOR ME TO WIFE._ Get her for me to wife. In the East, parents did, stud do in many cases still negotiate the marriage alliances for their sons. Du... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER SAID UNTO HIM, IS THERE NEVER A WOMAN AMONG THE DAUGHTERS OF THY BRETHREN, OR AMONG ALL MY PEOPLE, THAT THOU GOEST TO TAKE A WIFE OF THE UNCIRCUMCISED PHILISTINES? AND SAMSON SAID UNTO HIS FATHER, GET HER FOR ME; FOR SHE PLEASETH ME WELL._ Is there never a woman amon... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER KNEW NOT THAT IT WAS OF THE LORD, THAT HE SOUGHT AN OCCASION AGAINST THE PHILISTINES: FOR AT THAT TIME THE PHILISTINES HAD DOMINION OVER ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN WENT SAMSON DOWN, AND HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER, TO TIMNATH, AND CAME TO THE VINEYARDS OF TIMNATH: AND, BEHOLD, A YOUNG LION ROARED AGAINST HIM._ A young lion - Hebrew, a lion in the pride of his youthful prime. The wild mountain passes of Judah were the lairs of savage beasts; and most, or a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM, AND HE RENT HIM AS HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID, AND HE HAD NOTHING IN HIS HAND: BUT HE TOLD NOT HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WHAT HE HAD DONE._ The Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, х_ WATITSªLACH_ (H6743)] - cleft, broke through; used specially... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WENT DOWN, AND TALKED WITH THE WOMAN; AND SHE PLEASED SAMSON WELL._ Talked with the woman - i:e., espoused her; because the interview between the youth of different sexes is extremely rare and limited in the East, and generally after they, are betrothed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AFTER A TIME HE RETURNED TO TAKE HER, AND HE TURNED ASIDE TO SEE THE CARCASE OF THE LION: AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A SWARM OF BEES AND HONEY IN THE CARCASE OF THE LION._ After a time he returned to take her - probably after the lapse of a year, the usual interval between the ceremonies of betrot... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HIS FATHER WENT DOWN UNTO THE WOMAN: AND SAMSON MADE THERE A FEAST; FOR SO USED THE YOUNG MEN TO_ _ DO._ His father went down. The father is mentioned as the head and representative of Samson's relatives. SAMSON MADE THERE A FEAST. The wedding festivity lasted a week. The men and women were p... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THEY SAW HIM, THAT THEY BROUGHT THIRTY COMPANIONS TO BE WITH HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAMSON SAID UNTO THEM, I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU: IF YE CAN CERTAINLY DECLARE IT ME WITHIN THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST, AND FIND IT OUT, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU THIRTY SHEETS AND THIRTY CHANGE OF GARMENTS:_ I will now put forth a riddle. Riddles are a favourite Oriental amusement at... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT IF YE CANNOT DECLARE IT ME, THEN SHALL YE GIVE ME THIRTY SHEETS AND THIRTY CHANGE OF GARMENTS. AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, PUT FORTH THY RIDDLE, THAT WE MAY HEAR IT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE WEPT BEFORE HIM THE SEVEN DAYS, WHILE THEIR FEAST LASTED: AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT HE TOLD HER, BECAUSE SHE LAY SORE UPON HIM: AND SHE TOLD THE RIDDLE TO THE CHILDREN OF HER PEOPLE._ She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted. Three days of the seven h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MEN OF THE CITY SAID UNTO HIM ON THE SEVENTH DAY BEFORE THE SUN WENT DOWN, WHAT IS SWEETER THAN HONEY? AND WHAT IS STRONGER THAN A LION? AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE HAD NOT PLOWED WITH MY HEIFER, YE HAD NOT FOUND OUT MY RIDDLE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME UPON HIM, AND HE WENT DOWN TO ASHKELON, AND SLEW THIRTY MEN OF THEM,_ _ AND TOOK THEIR SPOIL, AND GAVE CHANGE OF GARMENTS UNTO THEM WHICH EXPOUNDED THE RIDDLE. AND HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED, AND HE WENT UP TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE._ Went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty m... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT SAMSON'S WIFE WAS GIVEN TO HIS COMPANION, WHOM HE HAD USED AS HIS FRIEND._ His companion, whom he had used as his friend - i:e., 'the friend of the bridegroom,' who was the medium of communicating during the festivities between him and his bride; and whose acceptance of her hand, therefore, wa... [ Continue Reading ]