CONTENTS The history of Samson is continued through the whole of this Chapter. Several remarkable and surprising events are here recorded of his quarrels with the Philistines, his triumphs over them, the treachery of his enemies, his great thirst, and the Lord's seasonable supply.... [ Continue Reading ]
I beg the Reader to observe with me, merely as a matter of history in this place, what an awful darkness there must be upon the human mind by nature, when a father is so lost and insensible to decency, as to make such a proposal. And if the Reader feels suitably on the occasion, it will serve to giv... [ Continue Reading ]
And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. If we consider Samson, not simply in his own personal character, but as acting in a public character, for the punishment of Zion's enemies, the Philistines; this will serve to throw... [ Continue Reading ]
I pass over the other considerations here noticed to remark the most interesting, namely, of the suitable punishment on the house of Samson's wife's father. The Reader will recollect the treachery of his wife to get out of Samson the riddle, was to prevent the threatened destruction of her father's... [ Continue Reading ]
I would not willingly or knowingly strain the pure word of God to bear a construction the Holy Ghost had not in view; but I think, without violence to the passage before us, in these verses, we may see, some things which bear resemblance to the ever blessed Jesus. And especially, as Samson was, on m... [ Continue Reading ]
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 upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. But, if the former view of Samson, represents to us anything ty... [ Continue Reading ]
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, by the simplest weapons in his gospel, brought down the force of the mighty to the earth! 1 Corinthia... [ Continue Reading ]
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? The thirst of Jesus, on the cross, was no doubt peculiarly interesting. Samson's was from fatig... [ Continue Reading ]
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. En-hakkore, means the well of him that cried.... [ Continue Reading ]
Though we have no more recorded of Samson, yet his reign as a Judge in Israel, formed this period of twenty years. REFLECTIONS DEAREST Jesus! may I, in these views of Samson, which represent him as delivered up by his countrymen into the hands of his enemies, have my soul instantly directed to the... [ Continue Reading ]