went: Heb. went down
the rock Etam: Probably near the town Etam, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:32.
Philistines: Judges 13:1, Judges 14:4; Deuteronomy 28:13, Deuteronomy 28:47-48; Psalms 106:41
Bible Commentary
Judges 15:11
Judges 15:11
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain
The Daily Devotional
One devotional. Every morning.
The full reading, the passage behind it, and where to go deeper — in your inbox before the day starts. No ads, ever.
We'll send one email to confirm it's really you. Unsubscribe in one tap, any time.
Continue tomorrow
Turn Bible study into a daily habit
Read today's devotional, save your progress, and receive a gentle daily reminder.
Recommended reading
More for Judges 15:11
Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.
Other commentaries
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 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJudges 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…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 15:9-17Judges 15:9-17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere 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…Judges 15:9-20Judges 15:9-20 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
15:9
Went up, i.e. from their own country in the Shephelah to the hill country of Judah. As Samson had avenged his wrongs on the whole Philistine people, so they now came up to Judah to take vengeance for…Judges 15:11Judges 15:11 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThen three thousand of Judah went up to the top of the rock of Etam,.... Or "went down" ; that is, into the cave of the rock of Etam, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; and so it is taken by David de Pomis…