JUDGES 13-15. SAMSON AND THE PHILISTINES. About the same time as the
Israelites entered Canaan from the east, the Purasati (of the Egyptian
monuments), or Philistines, came over the sea from Caphtor (Crete),
and settled in the rich coast-lands between Carmel and Gaza (p. 28).
For centuries it was a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BIRTH OF SAMSON.
Judges 13:1. D's usual introduction.
Judges 13:2. Zorah (p. 31) is now Sar-' a, 800 ft. above the valley of
Sorek (Wady es-Surâ r), 17 m. W. of Jerusalem. In Joshua 15:33 and 2
Chronicles 11:16 it is no longer Danite, but Judahite, evidently
because the Danites of the town had... [ Continue Reading ]