士師記 14:1-2 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 14:1-9

Here, I. Samson, under the extraordinary guidance of Providence, seeks an occasion of quarrelling with the Philistines, by joining in affinity with them?a strange method, but the truth is Samson was himself a riddle, a paradox of a man, did that which was really great and good, by that which was seemingly weak and evil, because he was designed not to be a pattern to us (who must walk by rule, not by example), but a type of him who, though he knew no sin, was made sin for us, and appeared in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 14:1

And Samson went down to Timnath ,.... A city which by lot fell to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, and now in the hands of the Philistines, Joshua 15:57 . Judah is said to go up to it, because the place where he lived lay below it, Genesis 38:13 , but Samson is said to go down to it, because he lived above it. The Jews F20 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 10. 1. differ about the reconciliation of these two places; some say there were two of this name, the one is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 14:2

And he came up, and told his father and his mother ,.... Of his passion of love, being desirous of having their approbation and consent, in which he acted a dutiful part, and what became him; and may be an example to children to advise with their parents, and have their opinion and consent before they engage in such an enterprise, even before courtship: and said: I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines ; whom he had a good liking of, and a strong affection for;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 14:1

Went down to Timnath - A frontier town of the Philistines, at the beginning of the lands belonging to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57 ; but afterwards given up to Dan, Joshua 19:43 . David took this place from the Philistines, but they again got possession of it in the reign of Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:18 . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 14:1

Timnath - See Joshua 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Judges 13:2, about three miles S. W. of it. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 14:2

Get her for me - namely, by Paying the requisite dowry (see marginal references) and gifts to relations. Hence, the frequent mention of parents taking wives for their sons Exodus 34:16; Nehemiah 10:30, because the parents of the bridegroom conducted the negotiation, and paid the dower to the parents of the bride. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 14:1-2

Judges 14:1-2. Samson went After he was come to mature age; to Timnath A place not far from the sea. Get her for me to wife Herein he is an example to all children, conformable to the fifth commandment. Children ought not to marry, nor to move toward it, without the advice and consent of their parents. They that do, as Bishop Hall speaks, unchild themselves. Parents have a property in their children, as parts of themselves. In marriage this property is transferred. It is, therefore,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 14:1-20

Samson’s exploits (14:1-16:31)So dominant were the Philistines in Israel, that the Israelites had decided to live with them peacefully rather than try to rise up in armed rebellion. Samson had other ideas. He thought that his marriage to a Philistine woman would give him the opportunity to do some harm to the enemy (14:1-4).In spite of Samson’s desire to help Israel, he had little respect for either his Nazirite vow or the Israelite law. He handled a dead lion, married a Philistine woman and... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 14:1

SAMSON'S FIRST DEALINGS WITH THE PHILISTINES;HE CHOOSES A PHILISTINE WIFE"And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And he came up, and told his father and mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. Then his father and mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all thy people, that thou goest to take a wife of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 14:1

CHAP. XIV. Samson marries a wife of the Philistines: he rends a lion in pieces, in whose carcase he afterwards finds a swarm of bees and honey: he puts forth a riddle to his companions, the interpretation of which his wife enticeth from him: he slays thirty Philistines. Before Christ 1155. Judges 14:1. Timnath— See on Joshua 19:43. read more