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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Judges 15:18

He was sore athirst, so as he was ready to faint and die with thirst; which was partly natural, from his excessive toil and heat; partly sent by God, that by the experience of his own impotency he might be forced to ascribe the victory to God only, and not to himself. Now shall I die for thirst? Wilt thou not finish what thou hast begun? Wilt thou undo what thou hast done?

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See also Judges 15:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 15:18. _I DIE FOR THIRST_] The natural consequence of the excessive fatigue he had gone through in this encounter....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Samson becomes religious when he is in straits; cf. Judges 16:28. _great deliverance_ Cf. 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Samuel 23:10; 2 Samuel 23:12

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE HAD MADE AN END OF SPEAKING, THAT HE CAST AWAY THE JAWBONE OUT OF HIS HAND, AND CALLED THAT PLACE RAMATHLEHI._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HE WAS SORE ATHIRST. — It was in the heat of harvest time, and he had pursued the Philistines till he was exhausted. INTO THE HAND. — Rather, _by the hand. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּצְמָא֮ מְאֹד֒ וַ יִּקְרָ֤א אֶל ־יְהוָה֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he was sore athirst, and (k) 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 uncirc...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Thirsty. St. Ambrose (ep. 19 or 70) follows Josephus, (Menochius) is supposing that the arrogance of Samson, in attributing the victory to his own strength, was thus punished. But others are more favo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 uncircumci...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE WAS SORE ATHIRST,.... Which Josephus n thinks came upon him as a rebuke unto him, for ascribing the victory he had obtained to his own strength, and not to the Lord, whereby he was shown his ow...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 uncircumci...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He called that place Ramath-lehi_ That is, _The lifting up_, or, _casting away of the jaw-bone._ He gave it this name in order to perpetuate the memory of this action. _And he was sore athirst_ A nat...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he was sore athirst, for the battle and the pursuit of the enemies had been strenuous work, and it was in the midst of summer, AND CALLED ON THE LORD, AND SAID, THOU HAST GIVEN THIS GREAT DELIVERA...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Samson's Lone Victory...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-20 So little notice did the men of Judah take of their deliverer, that he was ready to perish for want of a draught of water. Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those who do the greatest...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 15:18 very H3966 thirsty H6770 (H8799) cried H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) given...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And he was extremely thirsty, and called on Yahweh and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumc...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 15:18 TO THIS DAY. See note on Josh. 4:9. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 27:1; 2 Corinthians 1:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sore a thirst — A natural effect of the great pains he had taken. And perhaps there was the hand of God therein, to chastise him for not making mention of God in his song, and to keep him from being p...

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