Judges 14:1, Samson desires a wife of the Philistines; Judges 14:6, In his journey he kills a lion; Judges 14:8, In a second journey he finds honey in the carcase; Judges 14:10, Samson’s marriage feast; Judges 14:12, His riddle by his wife is made known; Judges 14:19, He spoils thirty Philistines; Judges 14:20, His wife is married to another.
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Judges 14 — OverviewJudges 14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe idea which this chapter gives us of Samson is not what one might
have expected concerning one who, by the special designation of heaven,
was a Nazarite to God and a deliverer of Israel; and yet really he was…Judges 14 — OverviewJudges 14 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter treats of Samson's courtship, and marriage of a Philistine woman, Jud 14:1 of his meeting with a young lion as he went courting, and of his slaying it, and afterwards finding honey in it, Jud 14:6, of a…Judges 14:1-9Judges 14:1-9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, 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…Judges 14:1-9Judges 14:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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Timnath, or, more correctly, Thimnathah, as in Joshua 19:43, a town in the tribe of Dan, the name of which survives in the modern Tibneh, about three miles south-west of Zorah ( 13:2, note). It may or…Judges 14:1Judges 14:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeTimnath: Genesis 38:12-13; Joshua 15:10, Joshua 19:43, aw, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 34:1-2; 2 Samuel 11:2; Job 31:1; Psalms 119:37; 1 John 2:16Judges 14:2Judges 14:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgeget her: Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:2-3, Genesis 34:4, Genesis 38:6; 2 Kings 14:9