Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 34:1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had born unto Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land.
Joshua 15:10And the boundary compassed from Ba'alah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Ye'arim, which is Kessalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah;
Judges 16:1Then went Samson to Gazzah, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.
Job 31:1A covenant had I made with my eyes: how then should I fix my look on a virgin?
Matthew Henry on Judges 14:1
The idea which this chapter gives us of Samson is not what one might have expected concerning one who, by the special designation of heaven, was a Nazarite to God and a deliverer of Israel; and yet really he was both. Here is, I. Samson's courtship of a daughter of the Philistines, and his marriage to her, ver. 1-5 , 7 , 8 . II. His conquest of a lion, and the prize he found in the carcase of it, ver. 5, 6 , 8 , 9 . III. Samson's riddle proposed to his companions ( ver. 10-14 ) and unriddled by the treachery of… Read the whole commentary →