Judges 14:1

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2So he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said—A woman, have I seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines,—now, therefore, take her for me, to wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:1Then went forth Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob,—to see the daughters of the land.

Joshua 15:10then the boundary goeth round from Baalah westward, unto Mount Seir, and passeth over unto the slope of Mount Yearim, on the north, the same, is Chesalon,—and descendeth Bethshemesh, and passeth over Timnah;

Judges 16:1Then went Samson unto Gaza,—and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her.

Job 31:1A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes,—How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

1 John 2:16Because, all that is in the world—the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life—is not of the Father, but is, of the world;

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 →

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