Judges 14:1

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

Timnath - now Tibna, about three miles from Zorah, his birthplace.

Saw a woman ... of the Philistines.

Related Commentaries of Judges 14:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Timnath - See Joshua 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Judges 13:2 , about three miles S. W. of it.
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

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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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

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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

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

CONTENTS The history of Samson occupies the whole of this Chapter. His marriage with a daughter of the Philistines: his slaying a young lion: the st...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samson went down to Timnath ,.... A city which by lot fell to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, and now in the h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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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....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 14 Samson's Activities Begin. This chapter deals with the commencement of Samson's life's work, with his courtship and marriage of a Phili...
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

And Samson went down to Timnath, in the region where the highlands of Judah merge into the plains of Philistia, and saw a woman in Timnath of the da...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Preliminary Arrangements
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:16 ; 2 Samuel 11:2 ; Genesis 34:1 ; Genesis 34:2 ; Genesis 38:12 ; Genesis 38:13 ; Genesis 6:2 ; Job 31:1 ; Joshua 15:10 ; Joshua...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Went — After he was come to mature age. Timnath — A place not far from the sea.

¹ And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

Related Commentaries of Judges 14:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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 14:1