Chapter 14

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Timnath Gen 38:12-13; Josh 15:10, Josh 19:43, aw, Gen 6:2, Gen 34:1-2; 2Sam 11:2; Job 31:1; Ps 119:37; 1John 2:16


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get her Gen 21:21, Gen 24:2-3, Gen 34:4, Gen 38:6; 2Kgs 14:9


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thy brethren Gen 13:8, Gen 21:3-4, Gen 21:27

uncircumcised Judg 15:18; Gen 34:14; Exod 34:12-16; Deut 7:2-3; 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36, 1Sam 31:4; 2Sam 1:20

she pleaseth me well Heb. she is right in mine eyes


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it was of the Lord That is, God permitted it, that it might be a means of bringing about the deliverance of Israel. Such marriages were forbidden to the Israelites, to keep them separate from the idolatrous nations. Josh 11:20; 1Kgs 12:15; 2Kgs 6:33; 2Chr 10:15, 2Chr 22:7, 2Chr 25:20; Ps 115:3

had dominion Judg 13:1, Judg 15:11; Deut 28:48


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against him Heb. in meeting him, Judg 14:5


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the Spirit Judg 3:10, Judg 11:29, Judg 13:25; 1Sam 11:6

rent him Now it is not intimated that he did this by his own natural strength; but by the supernatural strength communicated by the Spirit of the Lord coming mightily upon him; which strength was not at his own command, but was, by the will of God, attached to his hair and nazarate. Judg 15:8, Judg 15:15, Judg 16:30; 1Sam 17:34-37, 1Sam 17:46; Zech 4:6; 1John 3:8

he told Isa 42:2; Matt 11:29


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to take her Gen 29:21; Matt 1:20

a swarm It is probable, that the flesh had been entirely consumed off the bones, which had become dry; and the body having been throw into some private place (for Samson turned aside to visit it), a swarm of bees had formed their combs in the cavity of the dry ribs, or region of the thorax; nor was it a more improper place than a hollow rock.


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1Sam 14:25-30; Prov 25:15


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made there Gen 29:22; Esth 1:7-22; Eccl 10:19; Matt 22:2-4; John 2:9; Rev 19:9


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saw him 1Sam 10:23, 1Sam 16:6

thirty Matt 9:15; John 3:29


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a riddle 1Kgs 10:1; Ps 49:4; Prov 1:6; Ezek 17:2, Ezek 20:49; Matt 13:13, Matt 13:34; Luke 14:7; John 16:29; 1Cor 13:12 *marg.

the seven Gen 29:27-28; 2Chr 7:8

sheets or, shirts. This will receive illustration from Mr. Jackson's description of the Moorish dress:

"It resembles that of the ancient patriarchs, as represented in paintings (but the paintings are taken from Asiatic models); that of the men consists of a red cap and turban, a (kumja) shirt, which hangs outside of the drawers, and comes below the knee; a (caftan) coat, which buttons close before, and down to the bottom with large open sleeves; over which, when they go out of doors, they throw carelessly, and sometimes elegantly, a hayk, or garment of white cotton, silk, or wool, five or six yards long, and five feet wide. The Arabs often dispense with the caftan, and even with the shirt, wearing nothing but the hayk."

Matt 27:28; Mark 14:51-52

change Gen 45:22; 2Kgs 5:5, 2Kgs 5:22; Matt 6:19; Jas 5:2


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Out of the eater Gen 3:15; Deut 8:15-16; 1Kgs 17:6; 2Chr 20:2, 2Chr 20:25; Isa 53:10-12; Rom 5:3-5; Rom 8:37; 2Cor 4:17, 2Cor 12:9-10; Phil 1:12-20; Heb 2:14-15, Heb 12:10-11; Jas 1:2-4; 1Pet 2:24

they could Prov 24:7; Matt 13:11; Acts 8:31


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on the seventh day The LXX reads "on the fourth day;" with which the Syriac and Arabic agree. This, as Dr. Wall observes, is certainly right; for it appears from Judg 14:17, that she wept the remainder of the seven days; for which there could have been no time, if they did not threaten her till the seventh.

Entice Judg 16:5; Gen 3:1-6; Prov 1:11, Prov 5:3, Prov 6:26; Mic 7:5

lest we burn Judg 12:1, Judg 15:6

take that we have Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us


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Thou dost Judg 16:15

I have not Gen 2:24


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the seven or, the rest of the seven days

she lay Judg 16:6, Judg 16:13, Judg 16:16; Gen 3:6; Job 2:9; Prov 7:21; Luke 11:8, Luke 18:4-5

and she told Prov 2:16-17


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the Spirit Judg 14:6, Judg 3:10, Judg 13:25, Judg 15:14; 1Sam 11:6

spoil or, apparel


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given to Judg 15:2

his friend Ps 55:12-13; Jer 9:5; Mic 7:5; Matt 26:49-50; John 3:29, John 13:18


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