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Verse Judges 16:31. _HE JUDGED ISRAEL TWENTY YEARS._] It is difficult
to ascertain the _time_ of Samson's magistracy, and the _extent_ of
country over which he presided. His jurisdiction seems to hav...
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“All the house of his father,” in connection with “his
brethren,” must mean the whole tribe of Dan, aiding his nearer
relations. The Danites, taking advantage of the consternation of the
Philistines,...
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CHAPTER 16 DELILAH, AND SAMSON
_ 1. In Gaza (Judges 16:1)_
2. Delilah and her victory over him (Judges 16:4)
3. The captive of the Philistines (Judges 16:21)
4. The feast of Dagon and Samson's dea...
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THE DEATH OF SAMSON. Dagon, the god of the Philistines, had been
worshipped in the Maritime Plain long before their coming. They
adopted the god of the district, just as many Israelites learned to
wor...
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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 _beg...
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_Samson and Delîlah: his ruin and famous end_
4 _.the valley of Sorek_ Now Wâdi eṣ-Ṣarâr, a broad valley
narrowing as it rises towards the Judaean highlands; the railway from
Jaffa to Jerusalem ascend...
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_came down_ Gaza lay near the sea; Samson's home was on the slopes of
the Central Range. The Philistines" quarrel was not with the kinsmen;
they were not refused the right of sepulture. Contrast 1 Sam...
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_The Death of Samson Judges 16:23-31_
23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to
offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they
said, Our god hath deliv...
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_THEN HIS BRETHREN AND ALL THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER CAME DOWN, AND TOOK
HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM UP, AND BURIED HIM BETWEEN ZORAH AND ESHTAOL IN
THE BURYING PLACE OF MANOAH HIS FATHER. AND HE JUDGED ISRAEL...
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SAMSON'S ESCAPE FROM GAZA. DELILAH'S TREACHERY. SAMSON'S DEATH
1-3. Samson and Gaza....
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The Philistines had no wish, and perhaps no spirit, to interfere with
Samson's burial in his own country. Milton has brought out the tragic
elements of this wild story at the. end of 'Samson Agonistes...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 16
V1 One day Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a woman that sold sex.
He went to spend the night with her. V2 The people heard that Samson
had come...
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HIS BRETHREN AND ALL THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER. — Probably Manoah and
his wife were dead. The religious terror caused by the catastrophe may
well have prevented the people of Gaza from offering any oppo...
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וַ יֵּרְד֨וּ אֶחָ֜יו וְ כָל ־בֵּ֣ית
אָבִיהוּ֮
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THE VALLEY OF SOREK AND OF DEATH
Judges 16:4
THE strong bold man who has blindly fought his battles and sold
himself to the traitress and to the enemy, "Eyeless in Gaza at the
mill with slaves," the...
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DYING WITH THE PHILISTINES
Judges 16:15
It may be that the razor has already severed your union with Christ.
If we abide not in living union with Him, we are cast out as branches
from the vine, and w...
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Here we have the sad and awful account of Samson's relapse and final
fall. He went to Gaza. It is easy to imagine how much there must have
been in Gaza which should have appealed to one acting for the...
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Later, the Philistines brought him to the temple of their god Dagon
where about 3,000 were gathered to celebrate the victory he had given
them over their enemy. Samson, whose hair had now begun to gro...
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Twenty. "Why then, says the Thalmud of Jerusalem, does the Scripture
allow him 40? That thou mightest understand the Philistines were kept
in awe, by the fear of him, for 20 years after his decease....
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Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took
him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in
the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel t...
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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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Samson sins again through his intercourse with "the daughter of a
strange god"; he connects himself again with women of the Philistines,
amongst whom his father's house and the tribe of Dan were place...
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THEN HIS BRETHREN, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER, CAME DOWN,.... To
Gaza, having heard of what had befallen him there. This must be
understood of his kindred and near relations, those of his father'...
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Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took
him, and brought [him] up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in
the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel...
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_His brethren, &c., came down, and took, and buried him_ While the
Philistines were so reduced by the great destruction he had wrought
among them, and so oppressed with grief and consternation, that t...
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1 Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carieth away the gates of the city.
4 Delilah corrupted by the Philistines, entiseth Samson.
6 Thrise she is deceiued.
15 At last shee ouercommeth him.
21 The Philis...
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Then his brethren, the members of his own people, AND ALL THE HOUSE OF
HIS FATHER CAME DOWN, AND TOOK HIM, AND BROUGHT HIM UP, in a funeral
procession which gave him more honor in death than he had go...
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THE END OF SAMSON...
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25-31 Nothing fills up the sins of any person or people faster than
mocking and misusing the servants of God, even thought it is by their
own folly that they are brought low. God put it into Samson's...
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HIS BRETHREN; either, first, Largely so called, his kinsmen. Or,
secondly, Strictly so called; Samson's parents having had other
children after him; as it was usual with God when he gave an
extraordin...
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Judges 16:31 brothers H251 fathers H1 household H1004 down H3381
(H8799) took H5375 (H8799) up H5927 ...
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‘ Then his brothers, and all the house of his father, came down, and
took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol,
in the burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Isra...
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Judges 13:16
I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God
works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first
principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...
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CONTENTS: Samson and Delilah; his fatal error and his death.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, Delilah.
CONCLUSION: Beware of Satan who ruins men by rocking them to sleep,
flattering them into a...
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Judges 16:1. _A harlot,_ at Gaza, one of the five strong cities of
Philistia. The Hebrew is the same as Joshua 2., hostess, as some would
read, but our version follows the other opinion.
Judges 16:3....
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_Then went Samson to Gaza._
PLEASURE AND PERIL IN GAZA
For what reason did Samson go down to Gaza? We imagine that in default
of any excitement such as he craved in the towns of his own land, he
turn...
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 16:31 The main body of the book of Judges 1:1
now ends. Despite the generally ungodly character of the judges
themselves, God had worked to deliver Israel and to protect his own...
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(Judges 16:1.)
SAMSON’S FALL, CAPTIVITY AND DEATH
CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 16:1. THEN.] _And_—without fixing the
time. A long gap stands between the events of the two previous Chapter
s and those of t...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 16:23
GATHERED THEM, _i.e._ themselves. TO REJOICE. The Hebrew _is for a
festivity_,_ _or _merry-making_,_ _or _feast. _There was to be a great
feast upon the sacrifices offered to...
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Now his second encounter, going down again to the Philistines. And
this time to the city of Gaza, which is on the south coast of the
territory of the Philistines, south from Ashdod and Ashkelon. And t...
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John 19:39; Joshua 19:41; Judges 13:2; Judges 13:25; Judges 15:20...
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Buried — While the Philistines were under such grief, and
consternation, that they had neither heart nor leisure to hinder them....