Judges 15:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands,a and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. ”

Judges 15:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Foxes - Rather, “jackals,” which are still very common in Palestine, especially about Joppa and Gaza. 1 Samuel 13:17 and Joshua 15:28 ; Joshua 19:3 , are indications of the abundance of foxes...
Judges 15:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Judges 15:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

foxes . jackals These go in packs, foxes go alone. firebrands . torches.
Judges 15:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. Went and caught three hundred foxes - There has been...
Judges 15:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes— Samson was moved to take a wife from the Philistines, in order to find occasion against them: such occasions are seldom long wanting where marriages...
Judges 15:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. Went and caught three hundred foxes - rather...
Judges 15:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 15:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Caught three hundred foxes. — Rather, three hundred jackals. The word Shualim is used for both; but it would be difficult to catch three hundred foxes, whereas the jackals are still heard howli...
Judges 15:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Judges 15:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

in Bad Company Judges 14:15-20 ; Judges 15:1-8 What strong confirmation is afforded, by Samson's experience, of the misery of a mixed marriage! This Philistine wife had no real love for him, a...
Judges 15:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Judges 15:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pass over the other considerations here noticed to remark the most interesting, namely, of the suitable punishment on the house of Samson's wife's father. The Reader will recollect the treachery of...
Judges 15:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes ,.... Nor should this be thought at all incredible, since Canaan and Palestine abounded with foxes; hence several places therein had their names of Shu...
Judges 15:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. Ver. 4. And Samson went and caught three hundred f...
Judges 15:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Samson went and caught three hundred foxes Foxes were extremely numerous in Canaan, and several places received their name from them, as Hazar-shual , or, the gate of the fox, in the tribe of Juda...
Judges 15:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Judges 15:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samson's Firebrands. B. C. 1141. 1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time...
Judges 15:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

There were great numbers of foxes in Canaan, as appears from Nehemiah 4:3 Psalms 63:10 Song of Solomon 2:15 Lamentations 5:18 Ezekiel 13:4 . So that divers places there have their names fr...
Judges 15:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand between each set of two tails.' Samson then caught three hundred jackals, whi...
Judges 15:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 15:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Judges 15:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Judges 15:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSTION Judges 15:1 Within a while —the same expression as that in Judges 14:8 , rendered "after a time," and in Judges 11:4 , rendered "in process of time." In the time of wheat ha...
Judges 15:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson's Revenge on the Philistines
Judges 15:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 13:9 ; Lamentations 5:18 ; Psalms 63:10 ; Ruth 2:1 ; Song of Solomon 2:15
Judges 15:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Foxes — Of which there were great numbers in Canaan. But it is not said that Samson caught them all, either at one time, or by his own hands; for being so eminent a person, and the judge of Israel,...

Judges 15:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 15:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 15:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 15:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Judges 15:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 15:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 15:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 15:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 15:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 15:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 15:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 15:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 15:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 15:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 15:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 15:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 15:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 15:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 15:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 15:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 15:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes