士師記 14:13 JCB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 14:1-20

SAMSON’S FIRST DEALINGS WITH THE PHILISTINES(Judges 14:1-20.)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 subdue and occupy (Joshua 15:57), but as Dan had too small a territory for its people, it and other towns were transferred to Dan. It is referred to in Joshua 15:43, also in ch. Judges 15:10. It was only a few miles from Samson’s mountain home, and though it should have all along belonged to the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Judges 14:12-14

DISCOURSE: 274SAMSON’S RIDDLEJudges 14:12-14. And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 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. And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 14:1-20

Chapter 14NOW 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 you to go down and make arrangements for me to marry that girl."And they said, "Awe come on, Samson. All these beautiful Israeli girls around here, why do you have to go down and fall in love with a Philistine?" Now they didn't know that God was seeking an occasion against the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 14:1-20

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 violation of the Jewish law. Exodus 34:16. But truly, as Ovid says, Amor est cæcus, love is blind. Judges 14:5 . A young lion roared against him. To kill a lion placed a man among the first of heroes. He, like Hercules, mostly wore the skin as a proud trophy of victory. Old Æneas says, that he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 14:1-20

Judges 14:1-20Samson went down to Timnath.Samson’s first loveIn 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 lower nature acting the tyrant. But it were well if domestic history in modern times did not present many instances of similar stubbornness. In such matters, the fancy of young people is often the supreme law. Samson’s falling in love was in the ordinary way: “And he saw a woman of Tinmath,”... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 14:13

Jdg 14:13 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. Ver. 13. Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. ] Et intelligemus illud, that is, by expounding it we will manifest that we understand it: so Junius. Carnal men are too confident of their own abilities: but can no more understand gospel mysteries, than a swain can the profundities of the mathematics: they can... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Judges 14:13

Reciprocal: Matthew 13:24 - put read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 14:1-20

SAMSON’S MARRIAGE AND RIDDLE, Judges 14:1-20. “Samson keeps his vow of abstinence from intoxication,” says Ewald, “but is all the weaker and wilder with regard to the love of women, as if he could here make up for the want of freedom elsewhere; and by a singular sport of chance, or, rather, by the secret revenge of a heart warped by the vow, his love is always excited by women of that very race which the vow urges him to combat with all the might of his arm, and on whose men the weight of his... read more