Judges 15:16

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is a play upon the word, three times repeated, which means both “an ass” and also “a heap.” The spirit of riddle-making Judges 14:12 , Judg...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 15. Samson against the Philistines. His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he le...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

With. Note the alternation of four lines. Another pointing of the second line given in Septuagint is, chamor chamartlm = "destroying. destroyed...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Samson said, with the jaw-bone of an ass, &c.— Samson, upon this victory, composed a triumphant song, or ode, of which this verse appears to ha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. With the Jawbone of an ass...
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

In the Hebrew this v. reads as two jingling lines, with a pun on 'ass' and 'heaps.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass. — Here we once more find ourselves in very primitive regions of poetry and paronomasia. Samson’s exult...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DAUNTLESS IN BATTLE, IGNORANTLY BRAVE Judges 15:1-20 GIVEN a man of strong passions and uninstructed conscience, wild courage and giant energy,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Mighty against the Foe Judges 15:9-20 To how low a depth had the men of Judah descended, that they should hand over their champion to their her...
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

Certainly there is somewhat wonderfully striking in this man ' s history, and the most instructive view we can take of it is, when it serves to lead...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samson said ,.... In a kind of triumphant song: with the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps ; that is, with such an instrument he had slain h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. Ver. 16. With the jaw bone of a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Heaps upon heaps , &c. Hebrew, a heap, two heaps. As much as to say, I have not only slain enow to make one heap, but two or more. I have sla...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DESTROYING CROPS AND PHILISTINES (vv. 1-8) Samson eventually decided to visit his wife and took a young goat as a gift. She was evidently still...
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

This, though it might seem difficult, yet is not at all impossible or incredible; especially seeing the learned affirm of the asses of Syria, that th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heap upon heap. With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a large number (an eleph).”' Samson exu...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED ( Judges 15:1-20 .) CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 15:1 . Within a while after. ] After some time , indefinitely; probably a...
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

EXPOSITION Judges 15:9 Went up , i.e. from their own country in the Shephelah to the hill country of Judah. As Samson had avenged his wr...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Samson's Lone Victory
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Samson said, shouting out his song of triumph, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass, have I slain a thousand men...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 15:16
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Slain a thousand men — What could be too hard for him to do, on whom the Spirit of the Lord came mightily? It was strange the men of Judah did now...

¹⁶ And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

Related Commentaries of Judges 15:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 15:16