Thamnatha, in the confines of the tribes of Juda and Gad, and of the Philistines, who often took it from the latter. It is called Thamna, Genesis xxxviii. 12, (Bonfrere) and lies near Lidda. (Eusebius)
CHAPTER XIV _Samson marries a wife of the Philistines_, 1-4. _Slays a young lion at Timnath, in the carcass of which he_ _afterwards finds a swarm of bees_, 5-9. _He makes a feast; they appoint hi...
TIMNATH - See Joshua 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Judges 13:2, about three miles S. W. of it....
CHAPTER 14 THE FIRST DEEDS OF SAMSON _ 1. The woman in Timnath (Judges 14:1)_ 2. The killing of the young lion and the honey in the carcass (Judges 14:5) 3. The marriage feast and the riddle (Judge...
SAMSON AT TIMNATH. Samson's adventures are all bound up with his relations to Philistine women one in Timnath, a second in Gaza, and a third in the valley of Sorek. The name of only one of them is giv...
_Timnah_ now Tibneh, about 4 m. S.W. of Zorah, on the low hills of the Shephçlah: hence _went down_is the word for reaching it from Samson's house (Judges 14:1; Judges 14:5; Judges 14:7;...
_SAMSON MARRIES A WIFE OF THE PHILISTINES: HE RENDS A LION IN PIECES, IN WHOSE CARCASE HE AFTERWARDS FINDS A SWARM OF BEES AND HONEY: HE PUTS FORTH A RIDDLE TO HIS COMPANIONS, THE INTERPRETATION OF WH...
_Samson and the Woman of Timnath Judges 14:1-7_ And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, a...
_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 PHILISTI...
THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON 1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents go down to Timnath....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 14 V1 Samson went to Timnah. There he saw a young woman, who was a *Philistine. V2 When he returned, he spoke to his father and mother. ‘I have seen...
TO TIMNATH. — This town, of which the site still retains the name Tibneh, is perhaps the same as that in Genesis 38:12, unless that be a town in the mountains of Judah, as Judah is there said to have...
וַ יֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשֹׁ֖ון תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַ יַּ֥רְא...
SAMSON PLUNGING INTO LIFE Judges 13:24; Judges 14:1 Or all who move before us in the Book of Judges Samson is preeminently the popular hero. In rude giant strength and wild daring he stands alone aga...
A SELF-WILLED YOUTH Judges 14:1 Timnath lay just across the frontier, in the Philistine country. It was a bad match and the beginning of life-trouble. Young people cannot be too careful as to their f...
This is the record of tragic things. The boy Samson had grown to manhood's estate full of strength and passion. Going to Timnah, he saw a woman of the Philistines and desired to take her to wife. His...
Samson found a daughter of the Philistines in Timnath that he wanted to marry and asked his parents to make the proper arrangements. They did not approve of marriage to one not of God's people and ask...
CONTENTS The history of Samson occupies the whole of this Chapter. His marriage with a daughter of the Philistines: his slaying a young lion: the story of the swarm of bees after this, in the carcase...
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...
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,...
AND SAMSON WENT DOWN TO TIMNATH,.... A city which by lot fell to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, and now in the hands of the Philistines, Joshua 15:57. Judah is said...
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. Ver. 1. _And Samson went down to Timnath._] Whether to the market, or the sports, or some great feast,...
_Samson went_ After he was come to mature age; _to Timnath _ A place not far from the sea. _Get her for me to wife_ Herein he is an example to all children, conformable to the fifth commandment. Child...
1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 2 In his iourney hee killeth a Lion. 8 In a second iourney hee findeth hony in the carkeis. 10 Samsons marriage feast. 12 His riddle by his wife is mad...
THE PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS...
And Samson went down to Timnath, in the region where the highlands of Judah merge into the plains of Philistia, AND SAW A WOMAN IN TIMNATH OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE PHILISTINES, who were therefore encro...
Samson was not a leader, but a rugged individualist.He knew the Philistines were oppressors of Israel, yet he consorted with the Philistines when it pleased him, and he attacked them when he pleased.T...
1-4 As far as Samson's marriage was a common case, it was weak and foolish of him to set his affections upon a daughter of the Philistines. Shall one, not only an Israelite, but a Nazarite, devoted t...
JUDGES CHAPTER 14 Samson desires to wife a daughter of the Philistines of Timnath; and this of the Lord, for an occasion against them, JUDGES 14:1. His parents go down with him to Timnath: a young lio...
Judges 14:1 Samson H8123 down H3381 (H8799) Timnah H8553 saw H7200 (H8799) woman H802 Timnah H8553 daughters...
CHAPTER 14 SAMSON'S ACTIVITIES BEGIN. This chapter deals with the commencement of Samson's life's work, with his courtship and marriage of a Philistine woman, his meeting with a young lion as he went...
CONTENTS: Samson as Judge. His victory over a lion; his riddles; his wife. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, parents, woman of Timnah. CONCLUSION: He that in the choice of a wife is guided only...
Judges 14:1. _Timnath,_ situate in mount Ephraim, often taken and retaken in successive wars. To form a matrimonial connection with the Philistines, or with any of the idolatrous nations, was a violat...
_Samson went down to Timnath._ SAMSON’S FIRST LOVE In considering Samson’s choice of a wife, we are conscious of a feeling of painful disappointment. In choosing a Philistine, we begin to see his low...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 14:1 TIMNAH was approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Jerusalem. Archaeologists believe it was a thriving city during the time of the judges....
SAMSON’S FIRST DEALINGS WITH THE PHILISTINES (Judges 14:1.) CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 14:1. TIMNATH.] This was a town on the frontier which, like many other towns had been at first assigned to Judah to...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 14:1 TIMNATH, or, more correctly, _Thimnathah_,_ _as in Joshua 19:43, a town in the tribe of Dan, the name of which survives in the modern _Tibneh_,_ _about three miles south-west o...
NOW Samson went down to Timnath (Judges 14:1), Which was a Philistine city and there he fell in love with one of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came home and he said to his parents, "I want...
1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 11:2; Genesis 34:1; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 38:12;...
Went — After he was come to mature age. Timnath — A place not far from the sea....