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There is a play upon the word, three times repeated, which means both
“an ass” and also “a heap.” The spirit of riddle-making Judges
14:12, Judges 14:18 is apparent in this song of triumph (compare
Ju...
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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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WITH. Note the _alternation_ of four lines. Another pointing of the
second line given in Septuagint is, _chamor chamartlm =_ "destroying.
destroyed them", which by Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6...
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_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...
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_heaps upon heaps_ See marg., and cf. Exodus 8:14 [Hebrews 10, lit.
_heaps, heaps_. But a verb is wanted to complete the parallelism with
clause b; and, simply pronouncing the words differently, we ma...
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SAMSON SAID, WITH THE JAW-BONE OF AN ASS, &C.— Samson, upon this
victory, composed a triumphant song, or ode, of which this verse
appears to have been the chorus or burden. Houbigant renders it,
With...
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_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...
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_AND SAMSON SAID, WITH THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS, HEAPS UPON HEAPS, WITH
THE JAW OF AN ASS HAVE I SLAIN A THOUSAND MEN._
With the Jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps. The inadequacy of the
weapon plainly...
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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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AND SAMSON SAID, WITH THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS. — Here we once more
find ourselves in very primitive regions of poetry and paronomasia.
Samson’s exultation over his extraordinary achievement finds vent i...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון בִּ לְחִ֣י הַ
חֲמֹ֔ור
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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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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...
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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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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...
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Asses. He insists on this particular, as such an unusual weapon
rendering his victory more astonishing, and he would not leave any
room for doubt. Hebrew is variously translated, "with the jaw-bone of...
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Certainly there is somewhat wonderfully striking in this man ' s
history, and the most instructive view we can take of it is, when it
serves to lead our hearts to Jesus. And how hath the Son of God, b...
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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,.... In a kind of triumphant song:
WITH THE JAWBONE OF AN ASS, HEAPS UPON HEAPS; that is, with such an
instrument he had slain heaps of men, who lay dead in heaps upon one
another; in...
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And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with
the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Ver. 16. _With the jaw bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps._] Heb., A
heap, two heaps....
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_Heaps upon heaps_, &c. Hebrew, _a heap, two heaps._ As much as to
say, I have not only slain enow to make one heap, but two or more. _I
have slain a thousand men_ What could be too hard for him to do...
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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 said, shouting out his song of triumph, WITH THE JAWBONE OF
AN ASS, HEAPS UPON HEAPS, WITH THE JAW OF AN ASS, HAVE I SLAIN A
THOUSAND MEN. It is a stanza of poetic ecstasy:
With the jawbon...
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Samson's Lone Victory...
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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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9-17 Sin dispirits men, it hides from their eyes the things that
belong to their peace. The Israelites blamed Samson for what he had
done against the Philistines, as if he had done them a great injur...
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This, though it might seem difficult, yet is not at all impossible or
incredible; especially seeing the learned affirm of the asses of
Syria, that they were larger and stronger than ours, and so
conse...
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Judges 15:16 Samson H8123 said H559 (H8799) jawbone H3895 donkey H2543
Heaps H2565 heaps H2565 jawbone H3895 donkey...
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‘ And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heap upon heap.
With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a large number (an
eleph).”'
Samson exulted in his victory with a war song. He was an educated...
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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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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...
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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 15:16...
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Slain a thousand men — What could be too hard for him to do, on whom
the Spirit of the Lord came mightily? It was strange the men of Judah
did now at least come in to his assistance. But he was to be...