Judges 15:1, Samson is denied his wife; Judges 15:3, He burns the Philistines’ corn with foxes and firebrands; Judges 15:6, His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines; Judges 15:7, Samson smites them hip and thigh; Judges 15:9, He is bound by the men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines; Judges 15:14, He kills them with a jawbone; Judges 15:18, God makes the fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi.
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Judges 15
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Judges 15 — OverviewJudges 15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSamson, when he courted an alliance with the Philistines, did but seek
an occasion against them, ch. xiv. 4. Now here we have a further
account of the occasions he took to weaken them, and to avenge, not his…Judges 15 — OverviewJudges 15 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates, that Samson being denied his wife, did by a strange stratagem burn the corn fields, vineyards, and olives of the Philistines, Jud 15:1, and that because of their burning her and her father, he made…Judges 15:1-8Judges 15:1-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. Samson's return to his wife, whom he had left in
displeasure; not hearing perhaps that she was given to another, when
time had a little cooled his resentments, he came back to her, visited
her with…Judges 15:1-8Judges 15:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSTION
15:1
Within a while—the same expression as that in 14:8, rendered "after a time," and in 11:4, rendered "in process of time." In the time of wheat harvest—about the month of May. The harvest, as appears from…Judges 15:1Judges 15:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgea kid: Genesis 38:17; Luke 15:29
I will go: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 29:21Judges 15:2Judges 15:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI verily: Judges 14:16, Judges 14:20; Acts 26:9
I gave: Judges 14:20; Genesis 38:14
take her: Heb. let her be thine