What does Judges 15:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands,a and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails."
Verse Judges 15:4. _WENT AND CAUGHT THREE HUNDRED FOXES_] There has been much controversy concerning the meaning of the term שועלים _shualim_, some supposing it to mean _foxes_ or _jackals_, and other...
FOXES - Rather, “jackals,” which are still very common in Palestine, especially about Joppa and Gaza. 1 Samuel 13:17 and Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:3, are indications of the abundance of foxes or jackals...
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...
FOXES. jackals These go in packs, foxes go alone. FIREBRANDS. torches....
_three hundred foxes_ The fox is a solitary animal, and to catch 300 would be impossible for any one but Samson. It seems a pity to lessen the marvel in the interests of prosaic probability by transla...
AND SAMSON WENT AND CAUGHT THREE HUNDRED FOXES— Samson was moved to take a wife from the Philistines, in order to find occasion against them: such occasions are seldom long wanting where marriages of...
_Samson Burns the Philistines-' Corn Judges 15:3-13_ 3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 4 And Samson went and caught...
_AND SAMSON WENT AND CAUGHT THREE HUNDRED FOXES, AND TOOK FIREBRANDS, AND TURNED TAIL TO TAIL, AND PUT A FIREBRAND IN THE MIDST BETWEEN TWO TAILS._ Went and caught three hundred foxes - rather х_ SHU...
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...
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...
CAUGHT THREE HUNDRED FOXES. — Rather, _three hundred jackals._ The word _Shualim_ is used for both; but it would be difficult to catch three hundred foxes, whereas the jackals are still heard howling...
וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון וַ יִּלְכֹּ֖ד שְׁלֹשׁ ־מֵאֹ֣ות שׁוּעָלִ֑ים וַ יִּקַּ֣ח לַפִּדִ֗ים וַ יֶּ֤פֶן זָנָב֙
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...
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...
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 sla...
Foxes. Being judge of the people, he might have many to assist him to catch with nets or otherwise a number of these animals; of which there were great numbers in that country, (Challoner) as we may g...
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...
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 SAMSON WENT AND CAUGHT THREE HUNDRED FOXES,.... Nor should this be thought at all incredible, since Canaan and Palestine abounded with foxes; hence several places therein had their names of Shual,...
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. Ver. 4. _And Samson went and caught three hundred fox...
_Samson went and caught three hundred foxes_ Foxes were extremely numerous in Canaan, and several places received their name from them, as _Hazar-shual_, or, the gate of the fox, in the tribe of Judah...
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...
Samson's Revenge on the Philistines...
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...
FIREBRANDS: Or, torches...
1-8 When there are differences between relations, let those be reckoned the wisest and best, who are most forward to forgive or forget, and most willing to stoop and yield for the sake of peace. In th...
There were great numbers of foxes in Canaan, as appears from NEHEMIAH 4:3 PSALMS 63:10 SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 LAMENTATIONS 5:18 EZEKIEL 13:4. So that divers places there have their names from the foxes...
Judges 15:4 Samson H8123 went H3212 (H8799) caught H3920 (H8799) three H7969 hundred H3967 foxes H7776 took H3947 (H8799) torches H3940 turned H6437 (H8686) tail H2180 tail H2180 put H7760 (H8799) a H...
‘ And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand between each set of two tails.' Samson then caught three hundred jackals, which m...
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 15:4 Possibly, the animals were not FOXES but jackals, which were more common in Palestine. The two animals look similar, and the same Hebrew word is used for both. Whereas foxes...
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...
EXPOSTION JUDGES 15:1 WITHIN A WHILE—the same expression as that in Judges 14:8, rendered "after a time," and in Judges 11:4, rendered "in_ _process of time." IN THE TIME OF WHEAT HARVEST—about the m...
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...
Ezekiel 13:9; Lamentations 5:18; Psalms 63:10; Ruth 2:1; Song of Solomon 2:15...
Foxes — Of which there were great numbers in Canaan. But it is not said that Samson caught them all, either at one time, or by his own hands; for being so eminent a person, and the judge of Israel, he...