Judges 15:9

‘ Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.'

The Philistines came to Judah and camped in some considerable force, spreading out in the region of Lehi in Judah. Lehi means ‘jawbone'. Its site is not known.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pitched . camped.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
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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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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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

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I would not willingly or knowingly strain the pure word of God to bear a construction the Holy Ghost had not in view; but I think, without violence t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the Philistines went up ,.... From Palestine, which lay low on the shore of the Mediterranean sea: and pitched in Judah ; in the laud of Jude...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. Ver. 9. Spread themselves in Lehi. ] Which showeth that they...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samson Bound by the Men of Judah. B. C. 1140....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The rock Etam was in Judah: see 1 Chronicles 4:32 2 Chronicles 11:5,6 . Spread themselves, as coming in great numbers with a powerful host....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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 foxe...
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

Then the Philistines, in order to take revenge for the slaughter inflicted upon them by Samson, went up, taking the field against Israel, and pitc...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 15:17 ; Judges 15:19

⁹ Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Related Commentaries of Judges 15:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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

Judges 15:9