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Judges 15:9
Judges 15:9
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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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 · 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 15:9Judges 15:9 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLehi: Judges 15:17, Judges 15:19