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Judges 14:3 open_in_new
take. wife of, &c. An unlawful connection. Compare Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3, with Joshua 23:12.
pleaseth me well. Hebrew is right in mine eyes.
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Judges 14:4 open_in_new
occasion. opportunity.
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Judges 14:5 open_in_new
a young lion. Lions once abounded in Palestine. Hence names Lebaoth (Joshua 15:32; Joshua 19:6). Arieh (2 Kings 15:25). Laish (Judges 18:7). See also 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Kings 13:24, &c).
against him. at meeting him.
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Judges 14:6 open_in_new
the Spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.
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Judges 14:11 open_in_new
when they saw him: i.e. saw what sort of man he was. Note emphasis on "him".
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Judges 14:12 open_in_new
I will. Let me.
sheets. linen wraps, or shirts.
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Judges 14:15 open_in_new
seventh. The Septuagint reads "fourth".
is it not so? The italics reveal the uncertainty of Authorized Version. Many codices read "hither", which yields better sense. Hebrew text reads simply "not".
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Judges 14:16 open_in_new
children. sons.
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Judges 14:18 open_in_new
What. ? Figure of speech Anteisagoge. App-6.
If. Figure of speech Paroemia. App-6.
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Judges 14:19 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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Judges 14:20 open_in_new
his friend This was strictly in accordance with the laws of Khammurabi, 159, 163, 164.