Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Judges 14:10
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a (d) feast; for so used the young men to do.
(d) Meaning when he was married.
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a (d) feast; for so used the young men to do.
(d) Meaning when he was married.
Verse Judges 14:10. _SAMSON MADE THERE A FEAST_] The marriage feast, when he went to marry his espoused wife....
MADE A FEAST ... - This was the wedding-feast, protracted in this instance seven days, in that of Tobias (Tobit 8:19) fourteen days. It was an essential part of the marriage ceremony Genesis 29:22; Es...
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...
_his father_ Again, an insertion. If the father was out of place in Judges 14:5, he is more impossible at this stage. Originally the text ran _and he went down … and made_, or _and Samson went down …...
AND SAMSON MADE THERE A FEAST— Nuptial feasts of this kind were usual in all countries. And, no doubt, Samson's riddle was proposed by him in accommodation to the customs of these feasts, as the thirt...
_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...
_SO HIS FATHER WENT DOWN UNTO THE WOMAN: AND SAMSON MADE THERE A FEAST; FOR SO USED THE YOUNG MEN TO_ _ DO._ His father went down. The father is mentioned as the head and representative of Samson's r...
THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON 1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents go down to Timnath....
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...
WENT DOWN UNTO THE WOMAN. — Formally, to claim her as the bride of his son. MADE THERE A FEAST. — According to the universal custom in all ages (Genesis 29:22; Revelation 19:9). The LXX. add the words...
וַ יֵּ֥רֶד אָבִ֖יהוּ אֶל ־הָ אִשָּׁ֑ה 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...
_Father. Before the nuptial, the young man was not accustomed to go to the house of his future bride. (Montanus) --- Samson's mother also accompanied him. (Abulensis) --- Do. Septuagint, "Samson made...
There is always reason to suspect the kindness of false friends. Satan never more effectually deceives than under this cover. See his first proof of this, Genesis 3:1....
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,...
SO HIS FATHER WENT DOWN UNTO THE WOMAN,.... At Timnath, whom Samson had espoused; the Targum is, "about the business of the woman;'' about the consummation of the marriage with her; they all three w...
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. Ver. 10. _So his father went down to the woman._] To warn her of the wedding, and that she migh...
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....
So his father went down unto the woman, to signify his parental approval of the match and to attend the wedding; AND SAMSON MADE THERE A FEAST, intending to live in Timnath and not take his bride to t...
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Judges 14:10 father H1 down H3381 (H8799) woman H802 Samson H8123 gave H6213 (H8799) feast H4960 men...
‘ And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.' His father then continued on to meet the woman to assist with preparations for the wedding, w...
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...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 14:10 The Hebrew word for FEAST implies a dinner that includes alcohol, another violation of Samson’s 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 14:10 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...
Ecclesiastes 10:19; Esther 1:7; Genesis 29:22; John 2:9; Matthew 22:2