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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:4

‘ And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand between each set of two tails.’ Samson then caught three hundred jackals, which move in packs and are easier to catch than foxes (the word can mean either fox or jackal), and, tying them in twos, fitted a torch or firebrand between each pair, thus fitting about one hundred and fifty torches in all. His task was carried out purposefully. The collecting of three hundred jackals... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:5

‘And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks, and the standing corn, and also the olive orchards.’ Having prepared the jackals he then had them set loose strategically in different places for the greatest effect. The standing corn waiting to be harvested in the fields was burned, the shocks already gathered were destroyed by the fire, and the olive orchards too were set on fire causing great damage. Setting fire... 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 15:4

There were great numbers of foxes in Canaan, as appears from Nehemiah 4:3; Psalms 63:10; Song of Solomon 2:15; Lamentations 5:18; Ezekiel 13:4. So that divers places there have their names from the foxes which abounded there; as Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:42; 1 Samuel 13:17. Add to this, that some learned men conceive that the Hebrew name schual is more general, and contains not only the foxes, but another sort of creature very like to them, called thoes, whereof there were so many, there, that... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:5

He let them go, to wit, successively at several times, and in divers places, with great care and discretion, so as they might not hinder one another, nor all run into the same field; but being dispersed in all parts, might spread the plague further; and withal might be kept at a distance from the fields and vineyards of the Israelites. It is not worthy of our inquiry what became of these foxes afterward, whether they were burnt by the firebrands, or run into holes, or were taken and killed by... 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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:1-20

Judges 15:4 . Caught three hundred foxes. The task of collecting these animals was not at all impossible; the country very much abounded with foxes, as appears from many passages of scripture. Nehemiah 4:3. Psalms 62:11, 15. Ezekiel 13:4. These, dragging the firebrands, would occasion a dreadful conflagration among the wheat now ripe, and among the dry grass. To us, where foxes are scarce, the difficulty seems very great. But persons acquainted with large continents know how to make... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 15:1-20

Judges 15:1-20I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her.Wrong-doers naturally seek to justify themselvesThis spirit of self-justification, which is generally associated with wrong-doing, appeared very early in the history of our race (Genesis 3:12-13). And the same spirit is commonly found still amongst all ranks and classes of wrong-doers. Frank and full acknowledgment of a wrong is exceedingly rare. In most cases the wrong-doer through self-love aims at making the wrong appear right,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 15:4

Jdg 15:4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. Ver. 4. And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes. ] Whereof that country was full, Song of Solomon 2:15 Psa 63:10 and he might herein use the help of his friends. The Philistines vulpinando had got away his wife from him, as Herod that fox had done his brother Philip’s: by foxes therefore they are fitly plagued. And put a firebrand... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:4

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:5

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

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:4

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:5

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

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:1-20

The Biblical Illustrator - Judges 15:1-20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Judges 15:4

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