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Verse Judges 14:6. _HE RENT HIM AS HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID_] Now it
is not intimated that he did this by his own natural strength, but by
the _Spirit of the Lord coming mightily upon him_: so that hi...
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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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THE SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
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_came mightily upon him_ Cf. Judges 14:19, Jdg 15:14, 1 Samuel 10:6; 1
Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 11:6; the expression denotes a sudden rush of
superhuman power.
_and he rent him … a kid rent him as_ A MA...
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_Samson and the Woman of Timnath Judges 14:1-7_
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the
daughters of the Philistines.
2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, a...
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_AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM, AND HE RENT HIM AS
HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID, AND HE HAD NOTHING IN HIS HAND: BUT HE TOLD
NOT HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER WHAT HE HAD DONE._
The Spirit...
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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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THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. — Implying here an access of courage and
strength. The verb rendered “came mightily” literally means
_pervaded,_ as in Judges 14:19; Judges 15:14; 1 Samuel 10:10. (Comp. 1
Samu...
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וַ תִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה
וַֽ יְשַׁסְּעֵ֨הוּ֙ כְּ שַׁסַּ֣ע הַ
גְּדִ֔י וּ מְא֖וּמָה אֵ֣ין...
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A SELF-WILLED YOUTH
Judges 14:1
Timnath lay just across the frontier, in the Philistine country. It
was a bad match and the beginning of life-trouble. Young people cannot
be too careful as to their...
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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 the Spirit of the LORD (c) came mightily upon him, and he rent him
as he would have rent a kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he
told not his father or his mother what he had done.
(c) By...
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_Spirit, increasing his courage and strength. (Menochius) --- This
shews that the strength of Samson was miraculous, attached to the
keeping of his hair, and the observance of the duties of the
Nazari...
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And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as
he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told
not his father or his mother what he had done.
Carrying on...
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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 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM,.... The Spirit of
might from the Lord, as the Targum, inspiring him with courage and
intrepidity of mind, and increasing his bodily strength:
AND HE...
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And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as
he would have rent a kid, and [he had] nothing in his hand: but he
told not his father or his mother what he had done.
Ver. 6. _A...
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_And his father and mother_ Who accompanied him, either because they
were now acquainted with his design, or to order the circumstances of
that action which they saw he was set upon. _The Spirit of th...
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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 PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS...
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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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5-9 By enabling him to kill a lion, God let Samson know what he could
do in the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, that he might never be
afraid to look the greatest difficulties in the face. He was...
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CAME MIGHTILY UPON HIM; stirred up and increased his courage and
bodily strength. AS HE WOULD HAVE RENT A KID; as soon and as safely.
HE TOLD NOT HIS FATHER OR HIS MOTHER, lest by their means it shoul...
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Judges 14:6 Spirit H7307 LORD H3068 mightily H6743 (H8799) tore H8156
(H8762) apart H8156 (H8763) goat H1423 nothing H3972 hand H3027 tell
H5046 (H8689) father H1 mother H517 done H6213 (H8804)
the Sp...
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Judges 14:6 a
‘And the Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him and he tore him as he
would tear a kid, and he had nothing in his hand.'
Calling on the One to whom his life was dedicated, and thus endu...
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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 14:6 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD RUSHED UPON HIM.
The OT speaks many times of God’s Spirit acting upon individuals,
usually to empower them for some service for the people of God.
⇐...
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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 14:1
TIMNATH, or, more correctly, _Thimnathah_,_ _as in Joshua 19:43, a
town in the tribe of Dan, the name of which survives in the modern
_Tibneh_,_ _about three miles south-west...
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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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1 John 3:8; 1 Samuel 11:6; 1 Samuel 17:34; 1 Samuel 17:46; Isaiah
42:2; Judges 11:29; Judges 13:25; Judges 15:15; Judges 15:8; Judges
16:30;...
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Came mightily — Increased his courage and bodily strength. A kid —
As soon and as safely. Told not, &c. — Lest by their means it should
be publickly known; for he wisely considered, that it was not ye...