Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Judges 14:12
See the marginal references. Riddles formed one of the amusements of these protracted feasts.
Sheets - Rather “linen shirts;” the “garments” which follow are the outward garments worn by the Orientals.
See the marginal references. Riddles formed one of the amusements of these protracted feasts.
Sheets - Rather “linen shirts;” the “garments” which follow are the outward garments worn by the Orientals.
Verse Judges 14:12. _I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE_] Probably this was one part of the amusements at a marriage-feast; each in his turn proposing a riddle, to be solved by any of the rest on a particu...
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...
I WILL. Let me. SHEETS. linen wraps, or shirts....
_a riddle_ This is the only specimen in the O.T. of a riddle in our sense (1 Kings 10:1); elsewhere the word means a sententious _maxim_Proverbs 1:6, or a _parable_Ezekiel 17:2. _the seven days_ Cf....
DISCOURSE: 274 SAMSON’S RIDDLE Judges 14:12. And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, t...
SAMSON SAID,—I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU— It was a very ancient custom, as we learn from this, to propose at feasts, enigmas to their guests, in order to exercise their wit, and enliven con...
_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...
_AND SAMSON SAID UNTO THEM, I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU: IF YE CAN CERTAINLY DECLARE IT ME WITHIN THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST, AND FIND IT OUT, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU THIRTY SHEETS AND THIRTY...
THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON 1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents go down to Timnath....
THIRTY] one for each of his new companions. SHEETS] RV 'linen garments.'...
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...
I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU. — _Chidah,_ “a riddle,” comes from _chud,_ “to knot.” The use of riddles at feasts is of great antiquity both among the Jews (1 Kings 10:1, &c.) and Greeks (Ath...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון אָחֽוּדָה ־נָּ֥א...
A SELF-WILLED YOUTH Judges 14:1 Timnath lay just across the frontier, in the Philistine country. It was a bad match and the beginning of life-trouble. Young people cannot be too careful as to their f...
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...
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirt...
Riddle. Such obscure and ingenious questions were much liked in the East, 3 Kings x. 1. The Egyptians concealed the mysteries of their religion, and Pythagoras his choicest maxims under them. (Clement...
I include the whole relation of this event within the compass of one view. No doubt, there is a spiritual instruction contained in it, otherwise the Holy Ghost would not have been pleased that it shou...
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...
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,...
AND SAMSON SAID UNTO THEM,.... His thirty companions, very likely on the first day of the feast: I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE TO YOU: a secret, hidden, abstruse thing, not easy to be understood; a d...
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirt...
_I will now put forth a riddle unto you_ The custom of those times, and which was transmitted to succeeding ages, was to propose some enigmatical questions to the guests, in order to render the feast...
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...
And Samson said unto them, evidently as soon as the festivities began, I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU, announce or propose it to them; IF YE CAN CERTAINLY DECLARE IT ME, give its solution, WIT...
The Riddle at the Wedding-Feast....
Samson was not a leader, but a rugged individualist.He knew the Philistines were oppressors of Israel, yet he consorted with the Philistines when it pleased him, and he attacked them when he pleased.T...
SHEETS: Or, shirts...
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...
A RIDDLE, i.e. an obscure sentence for you to resolve and explain. THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST; for so long marriage-feasts lasted. See GENESIS 29:27. THIRTY SHEETS; fine linen clothes, which were use...
Judges 14:12 Samson H8123 said H559 (H8799) pose H2330 (H8799) riddle H2420 correctly H5046 (H8687) solve...
Judges 14:12 a ‘And Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you. If you can declare its solution to me within the seven days of the feast, and discover its meaning, then I will give you...
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...
1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Kings 5:22;...
Seven days — For so long marriage — feasts lasted. Sheets — Fine linen — clothes, which were used for many purposes in those parts. Changes — Suits of apparel....