“ And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. ”
Judges 15. Samson against the Philistines. His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he learned how things stood, he was angrier than ever,...
twenty. See note on Judges 13:24 .
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. He judged Israel - twenty years - In the margin it is said, He seems to have judged southwest Israel during twenty years of their ser...
Samson Slaughters the Philistines Samson, being denied his wife, burns the corn of the Philistines. He is delivered up to them by the men of Judah, but bursts his bonds, and slaughters many of the...
And he judged Israel. — Probably, as Jephthah had done, with the sort of vague prerogatives of a military hero. Why the verse is found here, as though to close the narrative (comp. Judges 12:7 , &...
DAUNTLESS IN BATTLE, IGNORANTLY BRAVE Judges 15:1-20 GIVEN a man of strong passions and uninstructed conscience, wild courage and giant energy, with the sense of a mission which he has to accom...
Mighty against the Foe Judges 15:9-20 To how low a depth had the men of Judah descended, that they should hand over their champion to their hereditary foes? The northern tribes that arose at th...
Here we have the record of further exploits by Samson and once more the circumstances of them were not to his credit. His revenge on the Philistines in the destruction of their property and their sl...
Though we have no more recorded of Samson, yet his reign as a Judge in Israel, formed this period of twenty years. REFLECTIONS DEAREST Jesus! may I, in these views of Samson, which represent him as...
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. While they had the power over the Israelites, who were not entirely delivered out of their hands by Samson, he only began to delive...
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. Ver. 20. And he judged Israel. ] Haply after this victory he was publicly accepted and acknowledged as judge of Israel by this p...
He judged Israel That is, he pleaded their cause, and avenged them against the Philistines. In the days of the Philistines That is, while the Philistines had the power and dominion, from which he...
DESTROYING CROPS AND PHILISTINES (vv. 1-8) Samson eventually decided to visit his wife and took a young goat as a gift. She was evidently still in her father's house and her father refused him p...
Samson's Thirst Relieved. B. C. 1140. 18 And he was sore athirst, and called on the L...
i.e. He pleaded their cause, and avenged them against the Philistines. In the days of the Philistines, i.e. whilst the Philistines had the power and dominion, from which he was not fully to deliver...
‘ And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.' This may indicate that he was seen as a deliverer of his people rather than that he actually exercised authority, for his fina...
REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED ( Judges 15:1-20 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 15:1 . Within a while after. ] After some time , indefinitely; probably a few months. In the time of wheat harvest .] Abou...
Judges 15:20 Samson can only be spoken of as an unsuccessful great man; his name stands high on the scrolls of the faithful, but his life was after all a splendid failure, and few indeed are the l...
Judges 15:4 . Caught three hundred foxes. The task of collecting these animals was not at all impossible; the country very much abounded with foxes, as appears from many passages of scripture. Ne...
I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her. Wrong-doers naturally seek to justify themselves This spirit of self-justification, which is generally associated with wrong-doing, appeared...
EXPOSITION Judges 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 c...
Samson's Lone Victory
Judges 13:1 ; Judges 13:5 ; Judges 16:31
He judged — That is, he pleaded their cause, and avenged them against the Philistines. Of the Philistines — That is, whilst the Philistines had the power and dominion, from which he was not fully t...