Judges 14:7

And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. And talked with the woman - That is, concerning marriage; thus forming the espousals.

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The Preliminary Arrangements
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he went down and talked with the woman, with the idea of finding out more of her character and suitability by a conversation with her; and she p...

⁷ And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

Related Commentaries of Judges 14:7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the 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

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

Judges 14:7