Judges 14:10

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Made a feast ... - This was the wedding-feast, protracted in this instance seven days, in that of Tobias (Tobit 8:19) fourteen days. It was an es...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a (d) feast; for so used the young men to do. (d) Meaning when he was married.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samson's Marriage. As he could not take an unwelcomed bride to his father's house, Samson resolved to contract a marriage in which his wife would r...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. Samson made there a feast - The marriage feas...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Samson made there a feast— Nuptial feasts of this kind were usual in all countries. And, no doubt, Samson's riddle was proposed by him in accom...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. His father went down. The father is...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Marriage of Samson 1-5. Samson chooses a wife among the Philistines. He and his parents go down to Timnath.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Went down unto the woman. — Formally, to claim her as the bride of his son. Made there a feast. — According to the universal custom in all ages...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Self-willed Youth Judges 14:1-14 Timnath lay just across the frontier, in the Philistine country. It was a bad match and the beginning of lif...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the record of tragic things. The boy Samson had grown to manhood's estate full of strength and passion. Going to Timnah, he saw a woman of th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is always reason to suspect the kindness of false friends. Satan never more effectually deceives than under this cover. See his first proof of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So his father went down unto the woman ,.... At Timnath, whom Samson had espoused; the Targum is, "about the business of the woman;'' about the co...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. Ver. 10. So his father went down to the wo...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Samson was not a leader, but a rugged individualist.He knew the Philistines were oppressors of Israel, yet he consorted with the Philistines when it...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Samson's Riddle; Slaughter of the Philistines. B. C. 1141....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And his father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.' His father then continued on to meet th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

SAMSON’S FIRST DEALINGS WITH THE PHILISTINES ( Judges 14:1-20 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 14:1 . Timnath .] This was a town on the frontier which,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 14:1 . Timnath, situate in mount Ephraim, often taken and retaken in successive wars. To form a matrimonial connection with the Philistines...
The Biblical Illustrator

Samson went down to Timnath. Samson’s first love In considering Samson’s choice of a wife, we are conscious of a feeling of painful disappointm...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 14:10 So his father went down . It is not clear what is meant by this mention of his father alone; but it was probably s...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So his father went down unto the woman, to signify his parental approval of the match and to attend the wedding; and Samson made there a feast, int...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Riddle at the Wedding-Feast.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:19 ; Esther 1:7-22 ; Genesis 29:22 ; John 2:9 ; Matthew 22:2-4 ; Revelation 19:9

¹⁰ So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

Related Commentaries of Judges 14:10

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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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

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

Judges 14:10