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Verse Judges 14:12. _I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE_] Probably this was
one part of the amusements at a marriage-feast; each in his turn
proposing a riddle, to be solved by any of the rest on a particu...
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See the marginal references. Riddles formed one of the amusements of
these protracted feasts.
SHEETS - Rather “linen shirts;” the “garments” which follow
are the outward garments worn by the Oriental...
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CHAPTER 14 THE FIRST DEEDS OF SAMSON
_ 1. The woman in Timnath (Judges 14:1)_
2. The killing of the young lion and the honey in the carcass (Judges
14:5)
3. The marriage feast and the riddle (Judge...
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SAMSON'S MARRIAGE. As he could not take an unwelcomed bride to his
father's house, Samson resolved to contract a marriage in which his
wife would remain at her father's house (Judges 9:2 *). Judges 14...
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_a riddle_ This is the only specimen in the O.T. of a riddle in our
sense (1 Kings 10:1); elsewhere the word means a sententious
_maxim_Proverbs 1:6, or a _parable_Ezekiel 17:2.
_the seven days_ Cf....
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DISCOURSE: 274
SAMSON’S RIDDLE
Judges 14:12. And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle
unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of
the feast, and find it out, t...
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SAMSON SAID,—I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU— It was a very
ancient custom, as we learn from this, to propose at feasts, enigmas
to their guests, in order to exercise their wit, and enliven
con...
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_Samson's Feast and Riddle Judges 14:8-20_
8 And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see
the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and
honey in the carca...
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_AND SAMSON SAID UNTO THEM, I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU: IF
YE CAN CERTAINLY DECLARE IT ME WITHIN THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST, AND
FIND IT OUT, THEN I WILL GIVE YOU THIRTY SHEETS AND THIRTY...
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THE MARRIAGE OF SAMSON
1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents
go down to Timnath....
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THIRTY] one for each of his new companions. SHEETS] RV 'linen
garments.'...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 14
V1 Samson went to Timnah. There he saw a young woman, who was a
*Philistine. V2 When he returned, he spoke to his father and mother.
‘I have seen...
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I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU. — _Chidah,_ “a riddle,”
comes from _chud,_ “to knot.” The use of riddles at feasts is of
great antiquity both among the Jews (1 Kings 10:1, &c.) and Greeks
(Ath...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון
אָחֽוּדָה ־נָּ֥א...
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A SELF-WILLED YOUTH
Judges 14:1
Timnath lay just across the frontier, in the Philistine country. It
was a bad match and the beginning of life-trouble. Young people cannot
be too careful as to their f...
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This is the record of tragic things. The boy Samson had grown to
manhood's estate full of strength and passion. Going to Timnah, he saw
a woman of the Philistines and desired to take her to wife. His...
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While going to Timnath, Samson was attacked by a young lion which he
killed with his bare hands, because of the strength he received from
God. Later, when he returned to take her home to marry her, Sa...
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And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if
ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and
find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirt...
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Riddle. Such obscure and ingenious questions were much liked in the
East, 3 Kings x. 1. The Egyptians concealed the mysteries of their
religion, and Pythagoras his choicest maxims under them. (Clement...
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I include the whole relation of this event within the compass of one
view. No doubt, there is a spiritual instruction contained in it,
otherwise the Holy Ghost would not have been pleased that it shou...
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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 UNTO THEM,.... His thirty companions, very likely on
the first day of the feast:
I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE TO YOU: a secret, hidden, abstruse
thing, not easy to be understood; a d...
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And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if
ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and
find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirt...
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_I will now put forth a riddle unto you_ The custom of those times,
and which was transmitted to succeeding ages, was to propose some
enigmatical questions to the guests, in order to render the feast...
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1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines.
2 In his iourney hee killeth a Lion.
8 In a second iourney hee findeth hony in the carkeis.
10 Samsons marriage feast.
12 His riddle by his wife is mad...
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And Samson said unto them, evidently as soon as the festivities began,
I WILL NOW PUT FORTH A RIDDLE UNTO YOU, announce or propose it to
them; IF YE CAN CERTAINLY DECLARE IT ME, give its solution, WIT...
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The Riddle at the Wedding-Feast....
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Samson was not a leader, but a rugged individualist.He knew the
Philistines were oppressors of Israel, yet he consorted with the
Philistines when it pleased him, and he attacked them when he
pleased.T...
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SHEETS:
Or, shirts...
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10-20 Samson's riddle literally meant no more than that he had got
honey, for food and for pleasure, from the lion, which in its strength
and fury was ready to devour him. But the victory of Christ o...
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A RIDDLE, i.e. an obscure sentence for you to resolve and explain. THE
SEVEN DAYS OF THE FEAST; for so long marriage-feasts lasted. See
GENESIS 29:27. THIRTY SHEETS; fine linen clothes, which were use...
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Judges 14:12 Samson H8123 said H559 (H8799) pose H2330 (H8799) riddle
H2420 correctly H5046 (H8687) solve...
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Judges 14:12 a
‘And Samson said to them, “Let me now propound a riddle to you. If
you can declare its solution to me within the seven days of the feast,
and discover its meaning, then I will give you...
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CONTENTS: Samson as Judge. His victory over a lion; his riddles; his
wife.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, parents, woman of Timnah.
CONCLUSION: He that in the choice of a wife is guided only...
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Judges 14:1. _Timnath,_ situate in mount Ephraim, often taken and
retaken in successive wars. To form a matrimonial connection with the
Philistines, or with any of the idolatrous nations, was a violat...
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_Samson went down to Timnath._
SAMSON’S FIRST LOVE
In considering Samson’s choice of a wife, we are conscious of a
feeling of painful disappointment. In choosing a Philistine, we begin
to see his low...
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SAMSON’S FIRST DEALINGS WITH THE PHILISTINES
(Judges 14:1.)
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 14:1. TIMNATH.] This was a town on the
frontier which, like many other towns had been at first assigned to
Judah to...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 14:10
SO HIS FATHER WENT DOWN. It is not clear what is meant by this mention
of his father alone; but it was probably some part of the wedding
etiquette that the father should go to...
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NOW Samson went down to Timnath (Judges 14:1),
Which was a Philistine city and there he fell in love with one of the
daughters of the Philistines. And he came home and he said to his
parents, "I want...
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1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Kings 10:1; 2 Chronicles 7:8; 2 Kings 5:22;...
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Seven days — For so long marriage — feasts lasted. Sheets — Fine
linen — clothes, which were used for many purposes in those parts.
Changes — Suits of apparel....