Judges 14:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Get her for me - namely, by Paying the requisite dowry (see marginal references) and gifts to relations. Hence, the frequent mention of parents t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Samson at Timnath. Samson's adventures are all bound up with his relations to Philistine women one in Timnath, a second in Gaza, and a third in the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore g...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Timnath ] some 4 m. SW . of Zorah, allotted to Dan ( Joshua 19:43 ); it was retaken by the Philistines in the reign of Ahaz ( 2 Chronicles 28:18 )....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Get her for me to wife. — These arrangements were always left to parents, who paid the marriage dower ( Genesis 34:4-12 ). (Comp. Judges 12:9 ; N...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SAMSON PLUNGING INTO LIFE Judges 13:24-25 ; Judges 14:1-20 Or all who move before us in the Book of Judges Samson is preeminently the popular...
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

Certainly it is an unnatural alliance when grace and corruption join. For what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? And though it is an expre...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he came up, and told his father and his mother ,.... Of his passion of love, being desirous of having their approbation and consent, in which he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Samson went After he was come to mature age; to Timnath A place not far from the sea. Get her for me to wife Herein he is an example to all ch...
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 Chooses a Philistine Wife; A Lion Slain by Samson. B. C. 1141....
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And he came up, and told his father and his mother, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines, now therefore get her for...
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 14:1 Timnath , or, more correctly, Thimnathah , as in Joshua 19:43 , a town in the tribe of Dan, the name of which s...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preliminary Arrangements
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he came up, to the hilly country where the home of his parents was, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 14:9 ; Genesis 21:21 ; Genesis 24:2 ; Genesis 24:3 ; Genesis 34:4 ; Genesis 38:6
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To wife — Herein he is an example to all children, conformable to the fifth commandment. Children ought not to marry, nor to move toward it without...

² And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

Related Commentaries of Judges 14:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Judges 14:2