And the lords of the Philistines - See Judges 3:3 note.
His great strength lieth - Rather, “wherein his strength is great.”
Eleven hundred pieces of silver - The greatness of the bribe offered to Delilah, 5,500 shekels of silver, nearly two talents (Exodus 38:24, note), shows the importance attached to Samson’s capture.
Verse Judges 16:5. _SEE WHEREIN HIS GREAT STRENGTH_ LIETH] They saw that his _stature_ was not remarkable: and that, nevertheless, he had most extraordinary strength; therefore they supposed that it...
CHAPTER 16 DELILAH, AND SAMSON _ 1. In Gaza (Judges 16:1)_ 2. Delilah and her victory over him (Judges 16:4) 3. The captive of the Philistines (Judges 16:21) 4. The feast of Dagon and Samson's dea...
SAMSON AND DELILAH. It was quite near his own home, in the Vale of Sorek (Grape Valley), that the Philistines, a ided by the woman who had him in thrall, ultimately got the giant under their power. A...
LORDS. See note on Joshua 13:3. AFFLICT. humble. ELEVEN HUNDRED. One of the two occurrences of this number. Eleven. the number of _defective administration_ (= 12. 1. See App-10). Compare Judges 17:2...
_Samson and Delîlah: his ruin and famous end_ 4 _.the valley of Sorek_ Now Wâdi eṣ-Ṣarâr, a broad valley narrowing as it rises towards the Judaean highlands; the railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem ascend...
_his great strength lieth_ HIS STRENGTH IS GREAT; render similarly in Judges 16:6_; Judges 16:15_. _eleven hundred pieces of silver_ in uncoined metal, calculated by the scales (Genesis 23:16): a larg...
WE WILL GIVE—ELEVEN HUNDRED PIECES OF SILVER— By which, says Bishop Patrick, is commonly understood so many shekels; for the Jews make it a rule, that where _pieces of silver_ are mentioned, shekels a...
_Samson and Delilah Judges 16:4-22_ 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said...
_AND THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES CAME UP UNTO HER, AND SAID UNTO HER, ENTICE HIM, AND SEE WHEREIN HIS GREAT STRENGTH LIETH, AND BY WHAT MEANS WE MAY PREVAIL AGAINST HIM, THAT WE MAY BIND HIM TO AFFLI...
SAMSON'S ESCAPE FROM GAZA. DELILAH'S TREACHERY. SAMSON'S DEATH 1-3. Samson and Gaza....
THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES] see on Judges 3:3. WHEREIN HIS GREAT STRENGTH _lieth_] properly 'by what means his strength is great.' The 'lords' fancy he must have some amulet or magical device. AFFLI...
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 16 V1 One day Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a woman that sold sex. He went to spend the night with her. V2 The people heard that Samson had come...
THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES. — The five “satraps.” (See Note on Judges 3:3.) If she were what Josephus asserts, the Philistines might both get access to her, and tempt the cupidity of an unprincipled...
וַ יַּעֲל֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יהָ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַ...
THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH Judges 16:4 THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the mill with slaves," the...
PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY Judges 16:1 Three women, one after another, brought Samson down. If only a noble woman could have influenced him, as Deborah did Barak, how different his record would have bee...
Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for the...
He then fell in love with a woman near his birthplace named Delilah. The lords of the Philistines offered her 1,100 shekels of silver from each of them if she could discover the secret of his strength...
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to af...
Princes, ( seranim;) the five satraps, who had the chief sway in the nation, either came in person or sent messengers to Cephar-Sorec. They were convinced that the strength of Samson was supernatural;...
I see no reason to interrupt the progress of the history through the several relations given, of this artful woman ' s persevering spirit to ruin Samson. But I rather pass on to the spiritual improvem...
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...
Samson sins again through his intercourse with "the daughter of a strange god"; he connects himself again with women of the Philistines, amongst whom his father's house and the tribe of Dan were place...
AND THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES CAME UP UNTO HER,.... Having heard that Samson kept company with her, she being a noted strumpet, like Lais among the Grecians. These were in number five, as appears f...
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to af...
_The lords of the Philistines came unto her_ The lords of their five principal cities, which were leagued together against him as their common enemy. _See wherein his great strength lieth_ They probab...
1 Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carieth away the gates of the city. 4 Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, entiseth Samson. 6 Thrise she is deceiued. 15 At last shee ouercommeth him. 21 The Philis...
And the lords of the Philistines, well acquainted with the power of voluptuousness, CAME UP UNTO HER AND SAID UNTO HER, ENTICE HIM, AND SEE WHEREIN HIS GREAT STRENGTH LIETH, by making use of every pos...
SAMSON AND DELILAH...
MORE BAD RELATIONSHIPS (vv. 1-22). Samson had still not learned his lesson as regards Philistine women, and in Gaza he foolishly involved himself with a prostitute. When the Gazites knew of his being...
AFFLICT: Or, humble...
4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiou...
The lords of the Philistines; the lords of their five principal cities, who seem to have been united together at this time in one aristocratical government; or at least were leagued together against h...
Judges 16:5 lords H5633 Philistines H6430 up H5927 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) Entice H6601 (H8761) out...
‘And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, “Entice him and discover in what his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, so that we may bind him to af...
Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...
CONTENTS: Samson and Delilah; his fatal error and his death. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, Delilah. CONCLUSION: Beware of Satan who ruins men by rocking them to sleep, flattering them into a...
Judges 16:1. _A harlot,_ at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2., hostess, as some would read, but our version follows the other opinion. Judges 16:3....
_Then went Samson to Gaza._ PLEASURE AND PERIL IN GAZA For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he turn...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 16:4 DELILAH was the third Philistine woman with whom Samson had a relationship (see Judges 14:1;...
(Judges 16:1.) SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 16:1. THEN.] _And_—without fixing the time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter s and those of t...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 16:1 THEN. It should be and. There is nothing to show when the incident occurred. It may have been many years after his victory at hal-Lechi, towards the latter part of his twenty y...
Now his second encounter, going down again to the Philistines. And this time to the city of Gaza, which is on the south coast of the territory of the Philistines, south from Ashdod and Ashkelon. And t...
1 Corinthians 6:15; 1 Samuel 29:6; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9;...
The lords — The lords of their five principal cities, who were leagued together against him as their common enemy. Afflict — To chastise him for his injuries done to us. They mean to punish him severe...