Judges 15:6

burnt her and her father. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "burned the house of her father".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

burnt her and her father - Out of revenge on Samson’s nearest relations; or, as others think, as an act of justice in favor of Samson, and in hop...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the (d) Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the Philistines came up and burnt her and her father with fire— Thus they fulfilled their menace uttered in the former chapter, and the faithle...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Judges 14:15 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They answered. — The phrase is impersonal; but Samson had quite openly threatened vengeance in speaking to the Timnites, and is not likely to have...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the Philistines said, who hath done this ?.... They asked and inquired one of another, who they thought could be the author of such mischief:...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Philistines came up and burned her For the mischief which she had occasioned them; thus she brought upon herself that mischief which she studie...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Partly for her adultery, which divers heathens punished with death; and partly for that mischief which she had occasioned to them; thus she brought u...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he has taken away his wife, and gi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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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 i...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson's Revenge on the Philistines
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they, men acquainted with the facts, answered, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:6 ; Judges 12:1 ; Judges 14:15 ; Proverbs 22:8
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Burnt her — For the mischief which she had occasioned them; thus she brought upon herself that mischief which she studied to avoid. The Philistines...

⁶ Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

Related Commentaries of Judges 15:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 15:6