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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...
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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...
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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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FOXES. jackals These go in packs, foxes go alone.
FIREBRANDS. torches....
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_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...
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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...
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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 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...
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FOXES] RM 'jackals.'...
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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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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...
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וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון וַ יִּלְכֹּ֖ד
שְׁלֹשׁ...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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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And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, small jackals, which
are very plentiful in that neighborhood to this day, AND TOOK
FIREBRANDS, torches, AND TURNED TAIL TO TAIL, tying the jackals
toget...
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Samson's Revenge on the Philistines...
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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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FIREBRANDS:
Or, torches...
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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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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...
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‘ 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...
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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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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...
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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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Ezekiel 13:9; Lamentations 5:18; Psalms 63:10; Ruth 2:1; So
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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...