Judges 14:1
וַיֵּרֶד שִׁמְשׁוֹן תִּמְנָתָה וַיַּרְא אִשָּׁה בְּתִמְנָתָה מִבְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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 34:1וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת ־ לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Joshua 15:10וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִבַּעֲלָה יָמָּה אֶל ־ הַר שֵׂעִיר וְעָבַר אֶל ־ כֶּתֶף הַר ־ יְעָרִים מִצָּפוֹנָה הִיא כְסָלוֹן וְיָרַד בֵּֽית ־ שֶׁמֶשׁ וְעָבַר תִּמְנָֽה ׃
Judges 16:1וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשׁוֹן עַזָּתָה וַיַּרְא ־ שָׁם אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶֽיהָ ׃
Job 31:1בְּרִית כָּרַתִּי לְעֵינָי וּמָה אֶתְבּוֹנֵן עַל ־ בְּתוּלָֽה ׃
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 →