Judges 15:8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:1-8

1-8 When there are differences between relations, let those be reckoned the wisest and best, who are most forward to forgive or forget, and most willing to stoop and yield for the sake of peace. In the means which Samson employed, we must look at the power of God supplying them, and making them successful, to mortify the pride and punish the wickedness of the Philistines. The Philistines threatened Samson's wife that they would burn her and her father's house. She, to save herself and oblige... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Judges 15:1-8

Samson's Revenge on the Philistines v. 1. But it came to pass within a while after, it may have been a matter of six weeks or two months later, in the time of wheat harvest, which usually begins in the first part of May in Palestine, that Samson visited his wife with a kid, coming with a present to show that he bore her no personal grudge; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber, the inner apartment of the house, which the women occupied. But her father would not suffer him... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Judges 15:1-8

Samson returns to visit his wife. Finding that she has been given to another, he avenges himself on the Philistines by firing their standing corn.Judges 15:1-8.1But [And] it came to pass within a while after [after a while], in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber [the female apartment]. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her;... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Judges 15:1-8

in Bad Company Judges 14:15-20 ; Judges 15:1-8 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 readily influenced by her own people than by her husband. How could she enter into his desire to emancipate Israel? To carry out his life-purpose of freeing Israel, He must break with her. Notice how this poor wife was visited with the very chastisement from which she hoped, by treachery,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:1-20

Here we have the record of further exploits by Samson and once more the circumstances of them were not to his credit. His revenge on the Philistines in the destruction of their property and their slaughter served in the wider outlook to limit the oppression of the Philistines The action of the men of Judah in binding him and handing him over to the Philistines was utterly contemptible, and in this connection the great possibility of the man flamed into view. We see him breaking the bonds that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:8

Judges 15:8 a ‘And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter.’ It is possible that Samson actually appeared while they were doing their foul deed and that when he saw them, having cried out his words above, he attacked them mercilessly. Or it may simply be that he sought them out later. ‘Hip and thigh’ may suggest the wrestling method that he used to deal with them, throwing them and crashing their heads on the ground. The Spirit of Yahweh was on him (Judges 14:19) and he was... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:1-20

Judges 15. Samson against the Philistines.— His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he learned how things stood, he was angrier than ever, and determined to wreak his revenge upon the Philistines. The stories of the burning of their corn and the slaughter of a thousand of them with an ass’ s jawbone are good examples of Heb. folklore. [For parallels, especially to a Roman ceremony at the Cerealia, to the story of the foxes, see ICC... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:8

Hip and thigh; upon their hips and thighs, peradventure not designing to kill them, but to make them incapable of military employment, or of doing hurt to the Israelites. Or, He smote them with his leg upon their thigh, i.e. without any other weapon but his leg and foot he kicked them, and made them lame and useless for war. With a great slaughter, Heb. with a great stroke; for so it was, even to them whom it did not kill. He dwelt in the top of the rock Etam; partly because there he could... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED(Judges 15:1-20.)CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 15:1. Within a while after.] After some time, indefinitely; probably a few months. In the time of wheat harvest.] About the month of May. This is mentioned on account of what is referred to in Judges 15:5. With a kid.] A customary present (Genesis 38:17; Luke 15:29). This was expressive of social good feeling, and was meant to be a means of reconciliation. This indicated a generous and honourable nature. He was willing to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

Tonight shall we turn to Judges, the fifteenth chapter? And we pick up on the story of Samson here in chapter fifteen.The story of Samson begins in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Judges with the announcement to his parents of his birth and then the birth of Samson. In chapter fourteen Samson assumes a position as a judge in Israel, which position he occupied for twenty years. His falling in love with a Philistine girl in Timnath is told and the resulted disaster as he made a riddle to... read more