Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Judges 15:15
And he found a (i) new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
(i) That is, of an ass recently slain.
And he found a (i) new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
(i) That is, of an ass recently slain.
Verse Judges 15:15. _HE FOUND A NEW JAW-BONE OF AN ASS_] I rather think that the word טריה _teriyah_, which we translate _new_, and the margin _moist_, should be understood as signifying the _tabia_...
SLEW A THOUSAND MEN THEREWITH - Compare the marginal references. The Philistines, seized with a panic at seeing Samson suddenly burst his cords and rush at them, offered no resistance, but fell an eas...
CHAPTER 15 THE CONFLICT WITH THE PHILISTINES: BOUND YET FREE _ 1. The damage done to the Philistines (Judges 15:1)_ 2. Bound by his own brethren (Judges 15:9) 3. The deed with the jawbone (Judges 1...
JUDGES 15. SAMSON AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he learned how things stood, he was angrier than ever, and...
JAWBONE OF AN ASS. One of the seven "weak things" in Judges. See note on Judges 3:21....
_a thousand men_ The numbers of course belong to the extraordinary character of the story. Moore notes that, according to Moslem tradition, the first blood in the cause of Islam was drawn with a simil...
_Local traditions_ Provoked by Samson's violence, the Philistines made a raid upon Lehi in Judah for the purpose of capturing their enemy. The name of the place was suggestive, and tradition attached...
A NEW JAW-BONE OF AN ASS— Of an ass that had not been long dead, properly rendered _moist_ in the margin of our Bibles; not so brittle as one that was dry, and had long lain in the air and the sun. No...
_Samson Slays a Thousand Philistines Judges 15:14-20_ 14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upo...
_AND THE MEN OF JUDAH SAID, WHY ARE YE COME UP AGAINST US? AND THEY ANSWERED, TO BIND SAMSON ARE WE COME UP, TO DO TO HIM AS HE HATH DONE TO US._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
SAMSON SLAUGHTERS THE PHILISTINES Samson, being denied his wife, burns the corn of the Philistines. He is delivered up to them by the men of Judah, but bursts his bonds, and slaughters many of the Ph...
NEW] i.e. fresh: not dry or brittle: such might easily be found lying on the ground. A THOUSAND MEN] op. Judges 3:31 and 2 Samuel 23:11....
LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 V1 Later, at the time when people were harvesting corn, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat as a present. He said, ‘I am going to...
A NEW JAWBONE. — Literally, _a moist jawbone — i.e.,_ the jawbone of an animal recently dead, and before the bone had become brittle. In this instance, at any rate, Samson might feel himself absolved...
וַ יִּמְצָ֥א לְחִֽי ־חֲמֹ֖ור טְרִיָּ֑ה וַ יִּ
DAUNTLESS IN BATTLE, IGNORANTLY BRAVE Judges 15:1 GIVEN a man of strong passions and uninstructed conscience, wild courage and giant energy, with the sense of a mission which he has to accomplish aga...
MIGHTY AGAINST THE FOE Judges 15:9 To how low a depth had the men of Judah descended, that they should hand over their champion to their hereditary foes? The northern tribes that arose at the call of...
Here we have the record of further exploits by Samson and once more the circumstances of them were not to his credit. His revenge on the Philistines in the destruction of their property and their slau...
The Philistine army then encamped in Judah against Lehi, which means "jaw." Three thousand men of Judah went down and bound Samson with two new ropes and delivered him to the enemy to avoid a war. The...
_There. The Septuagint, Josephus, and the Vulgate agree, reading Hebrew truth, instead of the present teriya, "fresh," or raw, which seems an useless remark in this place. (Calmet) --- Asses are very...
Certainly there is somewhat wonderfully striking in this man ' s history, and the most instructive view we can take of it is, when it serves to lead our hearts to Jesus. And how hath the Son of God, b...
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 HE FOUND A NEW JAWBONE OF AN ASS,.... That is, the jawbone of an ass lately killed, which perhaps had some of the flesh upon it, the blood or purulent matter on it; for Jarchi says, he had read in...
_And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith._ Ver. 15. _And he found a new jaw-bone of an ass._] This holy Hercules had no better a c...
_He found a new jaw-bone of an ass_ New, and therefore more tough and strong; _and slew a thousand men therewith_ Some, to account partly for this wonderful achievement, have observed that these Phili...
1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the Philistines corne with foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is boun...
And, looking about for any kind of a weapon, HE FOUND A NEW JAWBONE OF AN ASS, of one but recently fallen on the field, whose bones still had great elasticity, AND PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TOOK IT, AND...
Samson's Lone Victory...
DESTROYING CROPS AND PHILISTINES (vv. 1-8) Samson eventually decided to visit his wife and took a young goat as a gift. She was evidently still in her father's house and her father refused him perm...
NEW: _ Heb._ moist HEAPS UPON HEAPS: _ Heb._ an heap, two heaps...
9-17 Sin dispirits men, it hides from their eyes the things that belong to their peace. The Israelites blamed Samson for what he had done against the Philistines, as if he had done them a great injur...
A NEW JAWBONE, and therefore more tough and strong....
Judges 15:15 found H4672 (H8799) fresh H2961 jawbone H3895 donkey H2543 reached H7971 (H8799) hand H3027 took...
CONTENTS: Samson takes vengeance on the Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, his family and friends. CONCLUSION: There is nothing too hard or too much for him to do on whom the Holy Sp...
Judges 15:4. _Caught three hundred foxes._ The task of collecting these animals was not at all impossible; the country very much abounded with foxes, as appears from many passages of scripture. Nehemi...
_I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her._ WRONG-DOERS NATURALLY SEEK TO JUSTIFY THEMSELVES This spirit of self-justification, which is generally associated with wrong-doing, appeared very...
JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 15:14 SPIRIT OF THE LORD. See note on 14:6. FRESH JAWBONE. Presumably it would not have been dry and brittle, so there was no
REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED (Judges 15:1.) CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 15:1. WITHIN A WHILE AFTER.] _After some time_, indefinitely; probably a few months. IN THE TIME OF WHEAT HARVEST.] About the month o...
EXPOSITION JUDGES 15:9 WENT UP, _i.e._ from their own country in the Shephelah to the hill country of Judah. As Samson had avenged his wrongs on the whole Philistine people, so they now came up to Ju...
Tonight shall we turn to Judges, the fifteenth chapter? And we pick up on the story of Samson here in chapter fifteen. The story of Samson begins in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Judges with t...
1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Samuel 14:14; 1 Samuel 14:6;...
New jaw — bone — And therefore the more tough and strong....