Spirit, increasing his courage and strength. (Menochius) --- This shews that the strength of Samson was miraculous, attached to the keeping of his hair, and the observance of the duties of the Nazarites. (Calmet) (Chap. xvi. 19.) --- Mother. The modesty which he displays is more wonderful than the feat of valour. (Haydock) --- Brave men are never boasters. (Menochius) --- He kept what he had done secret, designing to propose a riddle. (Salien)
Verse Judges 14:6. _HE RENT HIM AS HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID_] Now it is not intimated that he did this by his own natural strength, but by the _Spirit of the Lord coming mightily upon him_: so that hi...
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'S MARRIAGE. As he could not take an unwelcomed bride to his father's house, Samson resolved to contract a marriage in which his wife would remain at her father's house (Judges 9:2 *). Judges 14...
THE SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
_came mightily upon him_ Cf. Judges 14:19, Jdg 15:14, 1 Samuel 10:6; 1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 11:6; the expression denotes a sudden rush of superh
_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 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...
Cp. Judges 13:25 for the exploit, cp. 1 Samuel 17:34; 2 Samuel 23:20....
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...
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. — Implying here an access of courage and strength. The verb rendered “came mightily” literally means _pervaded,_ as in Judges 14:19; Judges 15:14; 1 Samuel 10:10. (Comp....
וַ תִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַֽ יְשַׁ
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...
While going to Timnath, Samson was attacked by a young lion which he killed with his bare hands, because of the strength he received from God. Later, when he returned to take her home to marry her, Sa...
And the Spirit of the LORD (c) 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. (c) By...
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. Carrying on t...
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 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM,.... The Spirit of might from the Lord, as the Targum, inspiring him with courage and intrepidity of mind, and increasing his bodily strength: AND HE...
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. Ver. 6. _A...
_And his father and mother_ Who accompanied him, either because they were now acquainted with his design, or to order the circumstances of that action which they saw he was set upon. _The Spirit of th...
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 the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, urging him on with great force, AND HE RENT HIM AS HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID, taking hold of the beast with his bare hands and slaughtering him with t...
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...
5-9 By enabling him to kill a lion, God let Samson know what he could do in the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, that he might never be afraid to look the greatest difficulties in the face. He was...
CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM; stirred up and increased his courage and bodily strength. AS HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID; as soon and as safely. HE TOLD NOT HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, lest by their means it shoul...
Judges 14:6 Spirit H7307 LORD H3068 mightily H6743 (H8799) tore H8156 (H8762) apart H8156 (H8763) goat...
Judges 14:6 a ‘And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him and he tore him as he would tear a kid, and he had nothing in his hand.' Calling on the One to whom his life was dedicated, and thus endue...
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 14:6 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD RUSHED UPON HIM. The OT speaks many times of God’s Spirit acting upon individuals, usually to empower them for some service for the people of God.
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 3:8; 1 Samuel 11:6; 1 Samuel 17:34; 1 Samuel 17:46; Isaiah 42:2
Came mightily — Increased his courage and bodily strength. A kid — As soon and as safely. Told not, &c. — Lest by their means it should be publickly known; for he wisely considered, that it was not ye...