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Judges 15:2

And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her. This allegation was a mere sham-a flimsy pretext to excuse his refusal of admittance. The proposal he made of a marriage with her younger sister was but an insult to Samson, and one which it was unlawful for an Israelite to accept (Leviticus 18:18).

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See also Judges 15:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 15:2. _THOU HADST UTTERLY HATED HER_] As he was conscious she had given him great cause so to do. _HER YOUNGER SISTER_] The father appears to have been perfectly sincere in this offer....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I GAVE HER - In marriage. Samson had probably not heard of this before. Samson’s father had paid the dowry for the older sister; her father therefore offers her sister in her room. The fear of Samson...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 15 THE CONFLICT WITH THE PHILISTINES: BOUND YET FREE _ 1. The damage done to the Philistines (Judges 15:1)_ 2. Bound by his own brethren (Judges 15:9) 3. The deed with the jawbone (Judges 1...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGES 15. SAMSON AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he learned how things stood, he was angrier than ever, and...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAMSON SLAUGHTERS THE PHILISTINES Samson, being denied his wife, burns the corn of the Philistines. He is delivered up to them by the men of Judah, but bursts his bonds, and slaughters many of the Ph...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The father still desires to be conciliatory to one who might prove so valuable a son-in-law. 3-8. Samson's Revenge....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 V1 Later, at the time when people were harvesting corn, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat as a present. He said, ‘I am going to...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VERILY THOUGHT... UTTERLY HATED. — In the emphatic simplicity of the Hebrew style it is, _Saying I said that hating, thou hatest her._ As Samson had left his wife in anger immediately after the weddin...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אָבִ֗יהָ אָמֹ֤ר אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ כִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    DAUNTLESS IN BATTLE, IGNORANTLY BRAVE Judges 15:1 GIVEN a man of strong passions and uninstructed conscience, wild courage and giant energy, with the sense of a mission which he has to accomplish aga...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    IN BAD COMPANY Judges 14:15; Judges 15:1 What strong confirmation is afforded, by Samson's experience, of the misery of a mixed marriage! This Philistine wife had no real love for him, and was more r...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the record of further exploits by Samson and once more the circumstances of them were not to his credit. His revenge on the Philistines in the destruction of their property and their slau...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sister. Jacob married two sisters, and such marriages were not uncommon among the eastern nations. (Calmet) --- Samson does not accept the offer, as it was now contrary to the law, Leviticus xviii. 1...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I beg the Reader to observe with me, merely as a matter of history in this place, what an awful darkness there must be upon the human mind by nature, when a father is so lost and insensible to decency...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 AND 15. God makes use of Samson's marriage with a Philistine woman to punish that people. Still, in the freshness of his strength, his heart with Jehovah,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HER FATHER SAID, I VERILY THOUGHT THAT THOU HADST UTTERLY HATED HER,.... Not only thought so, but said so, and had said it over and over again; for the words are, "saying I said" t, affirmed it co...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. Ver...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _That thou hadst utterly hated her_ Because thou didst desert her: but this was no sufficient cause; for he should have endeavoured to effect a reconciliation, and not have disposed of another man's w...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the Philistines corne with foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is boun...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her, the first excuse which popped into his mind, suggested by his anxiety and fear; THEREFORE I GAVE HER TO THY COMPANION. IS NOT H...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Samson's Revenge on the Philistines...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DESTROYING CROPS AND PHILISTINES (vv. 1-8) Samson eventually decided to visit his wife and took a young goat as a gift. She was evidently still in her father's house and her father refused him perm...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TAKE HER: _ Heb._ let her be thine...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 When there are differences between relations, let those be reckoned the wisest and best, who are most forward to forgive or forget, and most willing to stoop and yield for the sake of peace. In t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I VERILY THOUGHT THAT THOU HADST UTTERLY HATED HER, because thou didst desert her in great wrath: but this was not sufficient cause; for he should have endeavoured a reconciliation, or waited for it;...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 15:2 father H1 said H559 (H8799) really H559 (H8800) thought H559 (H8804) thoroughly H8130 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And her father said, “I genuinely thought that you utterly hated her, therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray you, in her place.” ' The fa...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Samson takes vengeance on the Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, his family and friends. CONCLUSION: There is nothing too hard or too much for him to do on whom the Holy Sp...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 15:4. _Caught three hundred foxes._ The task of collecting these animals was not at all impossible; the country very much abounded with foxes, as appears from many passages of scripture. Nehemi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her._ WRONG-DOERS NATURALLY SEEK TO JUSTIFY THEMSELVES This spirit of self-justification, which is generally associated with wrong-doing, appeared very...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED (Judges 15:1.) CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 15:1. WITHIN A WHILE AFTER.] _After some time_, indefinitely; probably a few months. IN THE TIME OF WHEAT HARVEST.] About the month o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSTION JUDGES 15:1 WITHIN A WHILE—the same expression as that in Judges 14:8, rendered "after a time," and in Judges 11:4, rendered "in_ _process of time." In the time of

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Tonight shall we turn to Judges, the fifteenth chapter? And we pick up on the story of Samson here in chapter fifteen. The story of Samson begins in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Judges with t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 26:9; Genesis 38:14; Judges 14:16; Judges 14:20...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hated her — Because thou didst desert her: but this was no sufficient cause; for he should have endeavored a reconciliation, and not have disposed of another man's wife without his consent....

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