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Judges 14:10
Judges 14:10
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was a Nazarite to God and a deliverer of Israel; and yet really he was…Judges 14 — OverviewJudges 14 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJudges 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,…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 14:10-20Judges 14:10-20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of Samson's wedding feast and the occasion it
gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines.
I. Samson conformed to the custom of the country in making a festival
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