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THREE DAYS ... ON THE SEVENTH DAY - Proposed alterations, such as
“six days ... on the fourth day,” are unnecessary if it be
remembered that the narrator passes on first to the seventh day (at
Judges...
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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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SEVENTH. The Septuagint reads "fourth".
IS IT NOT SO? The italics reveal the uncertainty of Authorized
Version. Many codices read "hither", which yields better sense. Hebrew
text reads simply "not"....
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_on the seventh day_ Would the young men have waited all this time
before pressing the woman to extract the answer? In Judges 14:17 she
is said to have tried herself to find it out all the seven days....
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THAT HE MAY DECLARE UNTO US— The LXX. Syriac, and Arabic, instead of
_unto us,_ render the passage, _that he may declare unto thee._...
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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 carc...
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_BUT IF YE CANNOT DECLARE IT ME, THEN SHALL YE GIVE ME THIRTY SHEETS
AND THIRTY CHANGE OF GARMENTS. AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, PUT FORTH THY
RIDDLE, THAT WE MAY HEAR IT._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSE...
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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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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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ON THE SEVENTH DAY. — When they were in despair.
LEST WE BURN THEE AND THY FATHER’S HOUSE WITH FIRE. — As, indeed,
they ultimately did (Judges 15:6). If Samson appears in no very
favourable light in...
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וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ
שְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַ יֹּאמְר֤וּ לְ אֵֽשֶׁת
־שִׁמְשֹׁון֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת...
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IN BAD COMPANY
Judges 14:15; Judges 15:1
What strong confirmation is afforded, by Samson's experience, of the
misery of a mixed marriage! This Philistine wife had no real love for
him, and was more...
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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 it came to pass (g) on the seventh day, that they said unto
Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the
riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye
c...
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Seventh day of the week, (Salien) which was the fourth of the feast;
and the Syriac, Arabic, and some editions of the Septuagint read, "the
fourth." The young men tried their skill for three days; whe...
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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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SEVENTH DAY,.... Not on the seventh day of
the feast, for some time before that they applied to his wife, and she
pressed him hard to disclose it; but on the sabbath day, as...
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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's
wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest
we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye calle...
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_On the seventh day, they said, Entice thy husband_ They had doubtless
spoken to her before this time, but with some remissness, supposing
that they should find it out; but now their time being nigh s...
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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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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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TO TAKE THAT WE HAVE?:
_ Heb._ to possess us, or to impoverish us?...
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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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ON THE SEVENTH DAY; they had doubtless spoken to her before this time,
but with some remissness, supposing that they should find it out; but
now their time being nigh slipped, they press her with more...
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Judges 14:15 seventh H7637 day H3117 said H559 (H8799) Samsons H8123
wife H802 Entice H6601 (H8761) husband H376 explain H5046 (H8686)
riddle H2420 burn H8313 (H8799) fathers H1 house H1004 fire H784...
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‘ And so it was that on the seventh day they said to Samson's wife,
“Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the solution to the
riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have...
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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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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 14:15 FOURTH DAY. The Hebrew text has
“seventh day” (compare v. Judges 14:18); the esv reading is based
on Greek and Syriac versions (see esv footnote). The difference is
only on...
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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 t...
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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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Genesis 3:1; Judges 12:1; Judges 15:6; Judges 16:5; Micah 7:5;
Proverbs 1:11; Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 6:26...
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Seventh day — They had doubtless spoken to her before this time, but
with some remissness, supposing that they should find it out; but now
their time being nigh slipped, they put her under a necessity...