Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Judges 14:17
Verse Judges 14:17. And she wept before him] Not through any love to him, for it appears she had none, but to oblige her paramours; and of this he soon had ample proof.
Verse Judges 14:17. And she wept before him] Not through any love to him, for it appears she had none, but to oblige her paramours; and of this he soon had ample proof.
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...
_she pressed him sore_ lit. _reduced him to straits_by her importunity; again in Judges 16:16....
_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 SHE WEPT BEFORE HIM THE SEVEN DAYS, WHILE THEIR FEAST LASTED: AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SEVENTH DAY, THAT HE TOLD HER, BECAUSE SHE LAY SORE UPON HIM: AND SHE TOLD THE RIDDLE TO THE CHILDREN OF H...
THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON 1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents go down to Timnath....
LAY SORE UPON HIM] RV 'pressed him sore.'...
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...
THE SEVEN DAYS. — The margin suggests that it may mean _the rest of the seven days._ If not, it can only imply that mere feminine curiosity had induced Samson’s wife to weary her husband to tell her t...
וַ תֵּ֤בְךְּ עָלָיו֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַ יָּמִ֔ים אֲ
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...
And she wept before him the (i) seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children o...
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 SHE WEPT BEFORE HIM THE SEVEN DAYS, WHILE THE FEAST LASTED,.... Those that remained of the seven days, from the fourth to this time, as Kimchi seems rightly to interpret it; though some think she...
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of he...
_She wept before him, the seven days_ Or rather, the rest of the seven days; that is, either after the third day, (Judges 14:14,) or all the seventh day, from the time her countrymen came and threaten...
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...
The Riddle at the Wedding-Feast....
And she wept before him the seven days, for her curiosity had prompted her to badger him from the very first day, WHILE THEIR FEAST LASTED; AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SEVENTH DAY THAT HE TOLD HER, BEC...
THE SEVEN DAYS: Or, the rest of the seven days, etc....
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...
THE SEVEN DAYS, WHILE THEIR FEAST LASTED, i.e. on the residue of the seven days, to wit, after the third day. It is a familiar synecdoche. Or, _on the seventh of the days on which the feast was_; and...
Judges 14:17 wept H1058 (H8799) seven H7651 days H3117 feast H4960 lasted H1961 (H8804) seventh H7637 day...
Judges 14:17 a ‘And she wept before him the seven days, while the feast lasted.' These were the days of the actual marriage feast itself, a time of feasting and merriment probably enjoyed by the whol...
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...
Genesis 3:6; Job 2:9; Judges 16:13; Judges 16:16; Judges 16:6;...
The seven days — That is, on the residue of the seven days; namely, after the third day....