Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Judges 14:20
Samson's wife was given, by her father, to the chief of the bridemen, to whom he had showed most respect and kindness.
Samson's wife was given, by her father, to the chief of the bridemen, to whom he had showed most respect and kindness.
Verse Judges 14:20. _BUT SAMSON'S WIFE WAS_ GIVEN _TO HIS COMPANION_] This was the same kind of person who is called the friend of the bridegroom, John 3:29. And it is very likely that she loved this...
HIS COMPANION - Perhaps one of those mentioned in Judges 14:11. The transaction denotes loose notions of the sanctity of marriage among the Philistines. It should be noted carefully that the practical...
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...
HIS FRIEND This was strictly in accordance with the laws of Khammurabi, 159, 163, 164....
After this violent rupture, and to make up for the disgrace inflicted upon the bride, she _was given to his groomsman who had acted as his groom_; cf. Judges 15:2; Judges 15:6, St John 3:29. LXX. cod....
SAMSON'S WIFE WAS GIVEN TO HIS COMPANION— Enraged at his wife for betraying, and at his companions for their mean proceedings; Samson returned to his father's house, and left his wife with her own rel...
_Samson's Feast and Riddle Judges 14:8-20_ 8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carca...
_BUT SAMSON'S WIFE WAS GIVEN TO HIS COMPANION, WHOM HE HAD USED AS HIS FRIEND._ His companion, whom he had used as his friend - i:e., 'the friend of the bridegroom,' who was the medium of communicati...
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...
TO HIS COMPANION, WHOM HE HAD USED AS HIS FRIEND — _i.e.,_ to the chief of the paranyraphs (the bride-conductor, LXX.); “the friend of the bride-groom” (John 3:29). Hence, even if the suspicion as to...
וַ תְּהִ֖י אֵ֣שֶׁת שִׁמְשֹׁ֑ון לְ מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ...
IN BAD COMPANY Judges 14:15; Judges 15:1 What strong confirmation is afforded, by Samson's experience, of the misery of a mixed marriage! This Philistine wife had no real love for him, and was more r...
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...
Companions, the chief friends of the bridegroom, (John iii. 29,) the paranymph. (St. Ambrose) (Calmet) --- Protestants, "But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend....
But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. This is just as might have been expected. And is it not so now, and in every age? Is not the friendship of the world enmi...
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...
_AN ILL-FATED UNION_ ‘Samson’s wife was given to his companion.’ Judges 14:20 I. SAMSON HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE FAITH OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL.—He was in covenant with Him by circumcision. His...
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,...
BUT SAMSON'S WIFE WAS GIVEN TO HIS COMPANION,.... By her father, and with her consent, both being affronted and provoked by Samson leaving her, who judged her not only to be injured, but hereby discha...
_But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend._ Ver. 20. But Samson's wife was given to his companion.] To his Paranymph _a_ Joh 3:29 the first and chief brideman, h...
_Samson's wife was given_, by her father, _to his companion_, &c. That is, to the chief of the bride-men, to whom he had shown most respect and kindness. This aggravated the insult that was offered to...
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...
But Samson's wife, for such the woman now was before all the world, WAS GIVEN TO HIS COMPANION, to his chief attendant at the wedding festival, to his "best man," WHOM HE HAD USED AS HIS FRIEND. Cf Jo...
The Riddle at the Wedding-Feast....
10-20 Samson's riddle literally meant no more than that he had got honey, for food and for pleasure, from the lion, which in its strength and fury was ready to devour him. But the victory of Christ o...
Judges 14:20 Samsons H8123 wife H802 companion H4828 man H7462 (H8765) given to - Judges 15:2 his friend -...
‘But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.' Samson had chosen one of the thirty companions to be ‘the friend of the bridegroom', the one who stood by him during the...
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...
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 14:10 SO HIS FATHER WENT DOWN. It is not clear what is meant by this mention of his father alone; but it was probably some part of the wedding etiquette that the father should go to...
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...
Jeremiah 9:5; John 13:18; John 3:29; Judges 15:2; Micah 7:5;...
Was given — By her father. Whom he had used — That is, to the chief of the bride — men, to whom he had shewed most respect and kindness....