JUDGES—NOTE ON Judges 14:2 uncircumcised Philistines. Israelites were forbidden to marry unbelieving foreigners (Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3). Also, Samson’s demand for a wife (Judges 14:2) was against the tradition of marriages being arranged by the parents (Genesis 24:1; Genesis 38:6). she is right in my eyes (see Judges 14:7). This self-centered demand contrasts with being “right in the Lord’s eyes” (compare Deuteronomy 6:18; Deuteronomy 12:25). In fact, Samson’s attitude describes the entire era of the judges, when everyone did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 17:6; Judges 18:1; Judges 19:1; Judges 21:25).

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