THEN. and. GAZA. About thirty-five miles south of his native place. AN HARLOT. He could rend. lion, but not his lusts. He could break his bonds, but not his habits. He could conquer the Philistines, but not his passions. Now _Ghuzzeh._... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK THE DOORS: i.e. unhinged both leaves. Compare Isaiah 45:1. AN HILL. the hill. BEFORE. over against.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORDS. See note on Joshua 13:3. AFFLICT. humble. ELEVEN HUNDRED. One of the two occurrences of this number. Eleven. the number of _defective administration_ (= 12. 1. See App-10). Compare Judges 17:2, where similar want of rule is seen. This 1,100 ruined them politically; the other (Judges 17:2) r... [ Continue Reading ]
GREEN WITHS. green twigs. Anglo-Saxon,. willow, because of its twining and flexibility. MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRAKE. snapped. AS. according as. TOW. Old English. Coarse flax or hemp for spinning or twining. Occurs only here and Isaiah 1:31. Very inflammable. TOUCHETH. smelleth (before it toucheth).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
TELL ME. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint add "I Pray thee". WITH THE WEB. Note the _Homoeoteleuton._ In the primitive text these words were probably followed by "and fasten them with. pin". For the Septuagint adds "I shall be as another man. And it came to pass that whe... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF HIS SLEEP: i.e. the sleep mentioned in the _Homoeoteleuton_ above.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. VEXED. Became impatient, or grieved. UNTO DEATH. to make him die.... [ Continue Reading ]
A NAZARITE UNTO GOD. separate unto God.... [ Continue Reading ]
WIST NOT. knew not. See note on Exodus 34:29. THE LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
FETTERS OF BRASS. Hebrew "two brasses". Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the two fetters made of brass. App-6. GRIND. The work of women and slaves. Denotes the condition to which he was reduced. Compare Exodus 11:5.Isaiah 47:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. Hebrew "slay". See App-43. TO REJOICE. Figure of speech _Antimereia_ (of Noun). App-6. Noun "rejoicing", put for verb "to rejoice". for. rejoicing... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE US SPORT. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "make sport before us". THEM SPORT. sport before them.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUFFER ME THAT. Let me alone that, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD GOD. Adonai Jehovah. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TWO MIDDLE PILLARS. Recent excavations at Gaza have laid bare two smooth stone bases close together in the centre, on (not in) which these two pillars stood. On these the main beams rested, and by which the whole house was sustained. Samson had only to pull these pillars out of the perpendicular... [ Continue Reading ]
ME. my soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BRETHREN. Probably his parents were now dead. UP: i.e. from Gaza, Judges 16:21. BETWEEN ZORAH AND ESHTAOL. Where the Spirit had first come upon him, Judges 13:25. JUDGED ISRAEL. But he only _began_ to deliver Israel. See Judges 13:5.... [ Continue Reading ]