Judges 15:14 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 15:9-17

Here is, I. Samson violently pursued by the Philistine. They went up in a body, a more formidable force than they had together when Samson smote them hip and thigh; and they pitched in Judah, and spread themselves up and down the country, to find out Samson, who they heard had come this way, Jdg. 15:9. When the men of Judah, who had tamely submitted to their yoke, pleaded that they had paid their tribute, and that none of their tribe had given them any offence, they freely own they designed... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 15:14

And when he came unto Lehi ,.... The place which was afterwards so called, from what happened there at this time, and where the Philistines were spread, Judges 15:9 this, according to Bunting F11 Travels, p. 116. , was six miles from Etam: the Philistines shouted against him : for joy that they had got him into their hands, and in the circumstances he was, being bound, so that they had nothing to fear from him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him : as it at... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:14

When he came unto Lehi - This was the name of the place to which they brought him, either to put him to death, or keep him in perpetual confinement. Shouted against him - His capture was a matter of public rejoicing. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:14

The cords ... became as flax ... - i. e. were as weak against his strength as half-burned flax which yields to the least pressure. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:14

Judges 15:14. The Philistines shouted against him Because they had now, as they supposed, their enemy in their hands. The cords became as flax, &c. As easily broken by him. His bands loosed from off his hands Hebrew, were melted; that is, were dissolved as things which are melted in the fire. “This,” says Henry, “typified the resurrection of Christ, by the power of the Spirit of holiness. In this he loosed the bands of death, it being impossible he should be holden of them. And... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:14

against = at meeting him, or to meet him. the Spirit. Hebrew. ruach . No art. here. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 15:14

"When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that is burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands. And he found the fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. And Samson said:`With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps,`With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.'"And it came to pass, when... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 15:1-20

3. Samson’s vengeance on the Philistines ch. 15Samson’s weaknesses dominate chapter 14, but his strengths shine forth in chapter 15. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 15:14-20

Samson’s victory at Ramath-lehi 15:14-20Note again that the Spirit of God gave Samson his supernatural strength (Judges 15:14). He slew 1,000 of the enemy (or one unit) on this occasion (Judges 15:15). The unlikely instrument Samson used, a dead donkey’s dentures, proved more than adequate for this slaughter (cf. Judges 3:31).The Hebrew words translated "donkey" and "heaps" constitute wordplay. Samson loved riddles and rhymes. Moffatt’s translation rendered the first part of Samson’s poem,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 15:9-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 15:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Judges 15:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 15:1-20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 15:14-20

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