Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven, literally, as when he was shaven. for it came out again in a very short while, and the Philistines did not remember the significance of this.
Verse Judges 16:22. _THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD BEGAN TO GROW AGAIN_] And may we not suppose that, sensible of his sin and folly, he renewed his _Nazir vow_ to the Lord, in consequence of which his supernat...
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...
_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...
_began to grow again_ and his strength simultaneously. The remark prepares the way for the supreme effort at the end. We must suppose a considerable interval to have passed between the capture and the...
HOWBEIT THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD BEGAN TO GROW AGAIN— We are to understand by this, not merely that, Samson's hair growing again, he thereby recovered his strength; but that, sensible, no doubt, of his fo...
_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...
_HOWBEIT THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD BEGAN TO GROW AGAIN AFTER HE WAS SHAVEN._ Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again. It is probable that he had now reflected on his folly, and, becoming a sincer...
SAMSON'S ESCAPE FROM GAZA. DELILAH'S TREACHERY. SAMSON'S DEATH 1-3. Samson and Gaza....
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...
וַ יָּ֧חֶל שְׂעַר ־רֹאשֹׁ֛ו לְ צַמֵּ֖חַ כַּ
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...
DYING WITH THE PHILISTINES Judges 16:15 It may be that the razor has already severed your union with Christ. If we abide not in living union with Him, we are cast out as branches from the vine, and w...
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...
Later, the Philistines brought him to the temple of their god Dagon where about 3,000 were gathered to celebrate the victory he had given them over their enemy. Samson, whose hair had now begun to gro...
Howbeit the hair of his head began to (l) grow again after he was shaven. (l) Yet he did not regain his strength, till he had called on God and reconciled himself....
_Again. Hebrew adds, "as when he was shaven." (Haydock) --- He was in prison three or four months. (Menochius) --- As his hair grew his strength returned, because he entered into himself and did penan...
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. Sweet are the renewings of the Holy Ghost. Oh! how precious the returns of the Comforter, after a night of desertion!...
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...
HOWBEIT, THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD BEGAN TO GROW AGAIN AFTER HE WAS SHAVEN. It began to grow immediately no doubt, as it naturally would do; but it is highly probable it grew in an extraordinary manner, an...
Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. Ver. 22. _Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again._] By this time Samson was thoroughly humbled, and "accepting the chas...
_The hair of his head began to grow_ This circumstance, though in itself inconsiderable, is noted as a sign of the recovery of God's favour, and his former strength, in some degree, upon his repentanc...
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...
AFTER HE WAS SHAVEN: Or, as when he was shaven...
22-24 Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the L...
This circumstance, though in itself inconsiderable, is noted as a sign of the recovery of God's favour, and his former strength, in some good degree, upon his bitter repentance, and his renewing of hi...
Judges 16:22 hair H8181 head H7218 began H2490 (H8686) again H6779 (H8763) after H834 shaven H1548 ...
‘ However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.' “HOWEVER.” The word is full of significance. It was a reminder that there was hope because God was observing the situation. ‘T...
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 16:22 THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD BEGAN TO GROW AGAIN. There was no magical power in Samson’s hair, for his strength came only from the Lord (Judges 14:6,...
(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...
Deuteronomy 32:36; Leviticus 26:44; Psalms 106:44; Psalms 106:45;...
The hair — This circumstance, though in itself inconsiderable, is noted as a sign of the recovery of God's favour, and his former strength, in some degree, upon his repentance, and renewing his vow wi...