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See the margin. Before, when the Philistines injured him he was in
covenant with the Timnathites through his marriage and by the rites of
hospitality, for which reason he went off to Ashkelon to take...
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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...
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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...
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CONCERNING. to.
NOW. this once....
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_unto them_ Cf. Judges 15:7. The family and friends were no doubt
discussing the situation with oriental excitement.
_shall I be blameless in regard of_ i.e. I am resolved to have my
revenge on the Ph...
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_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...
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_AND SAMSON SAID CONCERNING THEM, NOW SHALL I BE MORE BLAMELESS THAN
THE PHILISTINES, THOUGH I DO THEM A DISPLEASURE._
Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines. This nefarious
conduct provo...
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MORE BLAMELESS THAN, etc.] RV blameless in regard of.. when I do them
a mischief.' Samson means that the Philistines have now clearly put
themselves in the wrong....
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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...
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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...
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CONCERNING THEM. — There is no reason for this rendering. It should
be _to them._ The Vulg. has _cui,_ and the LXX. “to them,” or
“to him.”
NOW_ — i.e.,_ This time. He means that his second act of ve...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון
נִקֵּ֥יתִי הַ...
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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...
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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 r...
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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...
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And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more (b) blameless
than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
(b) For through his father-in-law's actions, he was moved again to
take vengea...
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_Evils. This is a declaration of war, made by Samson in person,
against a whole nation. (Haydock) --- He does not wish to engage his
countrymen in the quarrel, that they may not be more oppressed. God...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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AND SAMSON SAID CONCERNING THEM,.... His wife's father, and other
relations, and the citizens of Timnath; this, which is what follows,
he said either within himself respecting them, or he said it to t...
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And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than
the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
Ver. 3. _Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines._] Who all
were in fau...
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_Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines_ Or rather,
_blameless from the Philistines_, because they have first provoked me
by an irreparable injury. It seems probable from this, that the pe...
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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...
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Samson's Revenge on the Philistines...
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And Samson said concerning them, literally, "to them," either the
father of his former wife and those present, or to his own family and
neighbors, NOW SHALL I BE MORE BLAMELESS THAN THE PHILISTINES, T...
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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...
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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
t...
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Because they have first provoked me by an irreparable injury. But
although this may look like an act of private revenge, yet it is plain
enough that Samson acted as a judge, (for so he was,) and as an...
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Judges 15:3 Samson H8123 said H559 (H8799) time H6471 blameless H5352
(H8738) Philistines H6430 harm H6213 ...
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‘ And Samson said to them, “This time will I be blameless with
regard to the Philistines when I do them a mischief.” '
Samson now determined on revenge. Previously he had killed
‘innocent' men, althou...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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Judges 14:15...
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Now shall I, &c. — Because they have first provoked me by an
irreparable injury: but although this may look like an act of private
revenge; yet it is plain Samson acted as a judge (for so he was) and...