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Judges 16:11
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, that had never been used for any kind of work, then shall I be weak and be as another man.
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, that had never been used for any kind of work, then shall I be weak and be as another man.
Verse Judges 16:11. _IF THEY BIND ME FAST WITH NEW ROPES_] Samson wishes to keep up the opinion which the Philistines held; viz., that his mighty strength was the effect of some _charm_; and therefor...
OCCUPIED - The margin, “wherewith work hath not been done,” is better....
CHAPTER 16 DELILAH, AND SAMSON _ 1. In Gaza (Judges 16:1)_ 2. Delilah and her victory over him (Judges 16:4) 3. The captive of the Philistines (Judges 16:21) 4. The feast of Dagon and Samson's dea...
SAMSON AND DELILAH. It was quite near his own home, in the Vale of Sorek (Grape Valley), that the Philistines, a ided by the woman who had him in thrall, ultimately got the giant under their power. A...
_new robes_ As in Judges 15:13-14....
_Samson and Delîlah: his ruin and famous end_ 4 _.the valley of Sorek_ Now Wâdi eṣ-Ṣarâr, a broad valley narrowing as it rises towards the Judaean highlands; the railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem ascend...
_Samson and Delilah Judges 16:4-22_ 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said...
_AND HE SAID UNTO HER, IF THEY BIND ME FAST WITH NEW ROPES THAT NEVER WERE OCCUPIED, THEN SHALL I BE WEAK, AND BE AS ANOTHER MAN._ If they bind me fast with new ropes, х_ BA`ªBOTIYM_ (H5688), with co...
SAMSON'S ESCAPE FROM GAZA. DELILAH'S TREACHERY. SAMSON'S DEATH 1-3. Samson and Gaza....
OCCUPIED] RV 'wherewith no work hath been done': cp. Luke 19:13 (AV). 13, 14. The v. is incomplete. LXX helps us to fill the gap, thus: 'if thou weavest.. web, and beatest up with the pin, my strength...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 16 V1 One day Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a woman that sold sex. He went to spend the night with her. V2 The people heard that Samson had come...
NEW ROPES. — As in Judges 15:13. THAT NEVER WERE OCCUPIED. — “Occupied” is an old word for _“_used.” (See Exodus 38:24, “All the gold that was occupied for the work;” Luke 19:13;...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אִם ־אָסֹ֤ור יַאַסְר֨וּנִי֙...
THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH Judges 16:4 THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves," the...
PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY Judges 16:1 Three women, one after another, brought Samson down. If only a noble woman could have influenced him, as Deborah did Barak, how different his record would have bee...
Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for the...
He then fell in love with a woman near his birthplace named Delilah. The lords of the Philistines offered her 1,100 shekels of silver from each of them if she could discover the secret of his strength...
I see no reason to interrupt the progress of the history through the several relations given, of this artful woman ' s persevering spirit to ruin Samson. But I rather pass on to the spiritual improvem...
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...
Samson sins again through his intercourse with "the daughter of a strange god"; he connects himself again with women of the Philistines, amongst whom his father's house and the tribe of Dan were place...
AND HE SAID UNTO HER,.... Abarbinel presents Samson replying to her, that he had told her the truth at first, only forgot one circumstance, that the "cords", for so he takes the word for "withs" to si...
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. Ver. 11. _And he said unto her._] See Judges 16:7 ....
1 Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carieth away the gates of the city. 4 Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, entiseth Samson. 6 Thrise she is deceiued. 15 At last shee ouercommeth him. 21 The Philis...
THAT NEVER WERE OCCUPIED: _ Heb._ wherewith work hath not been done...
4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiou...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 16:11 said H559 (H8799) bind H631 (H8799) securely H631 (H8800) new H2319 ropes H5688 used...
‘ And he said to her, “If only they bind me with new ropes which have never been used, then shall I become weak and as another man.” By now Samson in his innocence was probably enjoying himself as he...
Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...
CONTENTS: Samson and Delilah; his fatal error and his death. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, Delilah. CONCLUSION: Beware of Satan who ruins men by rocking them to sleep, flattering them into a...
Judges 16:1. _A harlot,_ at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2., hostess, as some would read, but our version follows the other opinion. Judges 16:3....
_Then went Samson to Gaza._ PLEASURE AND PERIL IN GAZA For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he turn...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 16:11 NEW ROPES. In the second test, Samson toyed with the Philistines, suggesting that they use the same bonds that the men of Judah had previously found to be worthless (see...
(Judges 16:1.) SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 16:1. THEN.] _And_—without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter s and those of t...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 16:1 THEN. It should be and. There is nothing to show when the incident occurred. It may have been many years after his victory at hal-Lechi, towards the latter part of his twenty y...
Now his second encounter, going down again to the Philistines. And this time to the city of Gaza, which is on the south coast of the territory of the Philistines, south from Ashdod and Ashkelon. And t...
Ephesians 4:25; Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 13:5; Proverbs 29:25...