Judges 15:1

CHAPTER XV

Samson, going to visit his wife, finds her bestowed on another,

1, 2.

He is incensed, vows revenge, and burns the corn of the

Philistines, 3-5.

They burn Samson's wife and her father, 6.

He is still incensed, makes a great slaughter among them, 7, 8.

The Philistines gather together against Israel, and to appease

them the men of Judah bind Samson, and deliver him into their

hands, 9-13.

The Spirit of the Lord comes upon him; he breaks his bonds,

finds the jaw-bone of an ass, and therewith kills a thousand

men, 14-16.

He is sorely fatigued; and, being thirsty, God miraculously

produces water from an opening of the ground in Lehi, and he

is refreshed, 17-19.

He judges Israel in the time of the Philistines twenty years,

20.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV

Verse Judges 15:1. Visited his wife with a kid] On her betraying him, he had, no doubt, left her in great disgust. After some time his affection appears to have returned; and, taking a kid, or perhaps a fawn, as a present, he goes to make reconciliation, and finds her given to his brideman; probably, the person to whom she betrayed his riddle.