After a time Hebrew, after days; that is, either after some days, or rather, after a year, as that word often signifies; when the flesh of the lion (which, by its strong smell, is offensive to bees) was wholly consumed, and nothing was left but the bones. Bees Settling themselves there, as they have sometimes done in a man's scull, or in a sepulchre. Came to his father and mother From whom he had turned aside for a season, Judges 14:8.
Verse Judges 14:8. _AFTER A TIME_] Probably about one year; as this was the time that generally elapsed between espousing and wedding. _A SWARM OF BEES AND HONEY IN THE CARCASS_] By length of time t...
The formal dowry and gifts having been given by Samson’s father, an interval, varying according to the Oriental custom, from a few days to a full year, elapsed between the betrothal and the wedding, d...
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...
_he returned_ i.e. to Zorah; the woman stays in her father's house, as was the rule in a _mot-a_marriage. The natural sense of the narrative is destroyed by the expression _to take her_, i.e. to marry...
AND AFTER A TIME— In the Hebrew, _after days; i.e._ (as this phrase frequently signifies, and as the circumstances seem to render probable,) after a year; See Exodus 13:10. For it was not usual to cel...
_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 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 CARCASE OF THE LION._ After a time he returned t...
THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON 1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents go down to Timnath....
A SWARM OF BEES.. IN THE CARCASE] probably it had dried up under the hot sun. 10, 11. The bridal feast....
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...
AFTER A TIME. — There is nothing to show how long this time was. A betrothal might last a year. In Judges 11:4 the same phrase (“after days “) is used of many years. TO TAKE HER. — To lead her to his...
וַ יָּ֤שָׁב מִ יָּמִים֙ לְ קַחְתָּ֔הּ וַ
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...
A honeycomb. There was a very remarkable providence in this particular of the history of Samson. From which also in the mystical sense we may learn what spiritual sweetness and nourishment our souls w...
There is a beautiful instruction veiled under this. The honey in the carcase of the savage, may not unaptly represent the benefits which result to believers from Adam's fall, and the momentary triumph...
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 AFTER A TIME HE RETURNED TO TAKE HER,.... Matters being agreed on, and settled on both sides, and the espousals made, he and his parents returned, and, at the proper usual time for the consummatio...
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 carcase of the lion. Ver. 8. _And after a time....
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 after a time he returned to take her, coming down once more with his parents to celebrate the nuptials, AND HE TURNED ASIDE TO SEE THE CARCASS OF THE LION, for the heat of the dry season is so gre...
THE PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS...
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...
5-9 By enabling him to kill a lion, God let Samson know what he could do in the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, that he might never be afraid to look the greatest difficulties in the face. He was...
AFTER A TIME, Heb. _after days_, i.e. either after some days; or rather, after a year, as that word oft signifies; as Exodus 13:10 Leviticus 25:29 Numbers 9:22...
Judges 14:8 time H3117 returned H7725 (H8799) get H3947 (H8800) aside H5493 (H8799) see H7200 ...
Judges 14:8 a ‘And after a time he returned to take her.' It is clear that her parents were satisfied with the arrangements, and with the gifts offered, which confirms that Samson's parents were also...
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...
A SWARM OF BEES A swarm of bees. Judges 14:8. Have you ever wondered what animals think about? Perhaps it never struck you that they thought at all except possibly about their food and drink. But if...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 14:8 CARCASS OF THE LION. Samson’s contact with the dead lion violated his Nazirite vow (see Judges 13:5)....
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 14:1 TIMNATH, or, more correctly, _Thimnathah_,_ _as in Joshua 19:43, a town in the tribe of Dan, the name of which survives in the modern _Tibneh_,_ _about three miles south-west o...
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...
Genesis 29:21; Matthew 1:20...
After a time — Heb. after days; that is, either after some days: or, rather, after a year, as that word often signifies; when the flesh of the lion, (which by its strong smell is offensive to bees) wa...