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 ]
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 given, and it has become synonymous with an evil enchantress. Judges 14:1. Timnath (p. 31) is the mode... [ Continue Reading ]
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 14:5 conveys the idea that his parents after all gave their consent, and even went down with him to th... [ Continue Reading ]