Timnath. Ge 38:12,13; Jos 15:10; 19:43;
aw. Ge 6:2; 34:1,2; 2Sa 11:2; Job 31:1; Ps 119:37; 1Jo 2:16;
get her. Ge 21:21; 24:2,3; 34:4; 38:6; 2Ki 14:9;
thy brethren. Ge 13:8; 21:3,4,27;
uncircumcised. 15:18; Ge 34:14; Ex 34:12-16; De 7:2,3; 1Sa 14:6; 17:26,36; 31:4; 2Sa 1:20;
she pleaseth me well. Heb. she is right in mine eyes.
it was of the Lord. That is, God permitted it, that it might be a means of bringing about the deliverance of Israel. Such marriages were forbidden to the Israelites, to keep them separate from the idolatrous nations. Jos 11:20; 1Ki 12:15; 2Ki 6:33; 2Ch 10:15; 22:7; 25:20; Ps 115:3;
had dominion. 13:1; 15:11; De 28:48;
against him. Heb. in meeting him. ver. 5;
the Spirit. 3:10; 11:29; 13:25; 1Sa 11:6;
rent him. Now it is not intimated that he did this by his own natural strength; but by the supernatural strength communicated by the Spirit of the Lord coming mightily upon him; which strength was not at his own command, but was, by the will of God, attached to his hair and nazarate. 15:8,15; 16:30; 1Sa 17:34-37,46; Zec 4:6; 1Jo 3:8;
he told. Isa 42:2; Mt 11:29; ver. 7;
to take her. Ge 29:21; Mt 1:20;
a swarm. It is probable, that the flesh had been entirely consumed off the bones, which had become dry; and the body having been throw into some private place, (for Samson turned aside to visit it,) a swarm of bees had formed their combs in the cavity of the dry ribs, or region of the thorax; nor was it a more improper place than a hollow rock. 1Sa 14:25-30; Pr 25:15;
made there. Ge 29:22; Es 1:7-22; Ec 10:19; Mt 22:2-4; Joh 2:9; Re 19:9;
a riddle. 1Ki 10:1; Ps 49:4; Pr 1:6; Eze 17:2; 20:49; Mt 13:13,34; Lu 14:7; Joh 16:29; 1Co 13:12;
the seven. Ge 29:27,28; 2Ch 7:8;
sheets. or, shirts. This will receive illustration from Mr. Jackson's description of the Moorish dress:--"It resembles that of the ancient patriarchs, as represented in paintings; (but the paintings are taken from Asiatic models:) that of the men consists of a red cap and turban, a ({kumja}) shirt, which hangs outside of the drawers, and comes below the knee; a ({caftan}) coat, which buttons close before, and down to the bottom with large open sleeves; over which, when they go out of doors, they throw carelessly, and sometimes elegantly, a {hayk,} or garment of white cotton, silk, or wool, five or six yards long, and five feet wide. The Arabs often dispense with the {caftan,} and even with the shirt, wearing nothing but the {hayk.}" Mt 27:28; Mr 14:51,52;
change. Ge 45:22; 2Ki 5:5,22; Mt 6:19; Jas 5:2; ver. 13;
Out of the eater. Ge 3:15; De 8:15,16; 1Ki 17:6; 2Ch 20:2,25; Isa 53:10-12; Ro 5:3-5; Ro 8:37; 2Co 4:17; 12:9,10; Php 1:12-20; Heb 2:14,15; 12:10,11; Jas 1:2-4; 1Pe 2:24;
they could. Pr 24:7; Mt 13:11; Ac 8:31;
on the seventh day. The LXX. reads "on the fourth day;" with which the Syriac and Arabic agree. This, as Dr. Wall observes, is certainly right; for it appears from ver. 17, that she wept the remainder of the seven days; for which there could have been no time, if they did not threaten her till the seventh.
Entice. 16:5; Ge 3:1-6; Pr 1:11; 5:3; 6:26; Mic 7:5;
take that we have. Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us.
Thou dost. 16:15;
I have not. Ge 2:24;
the seven, or, the rest of the seven days. she lay. 16:6,13,16; Ge 3:6; Job 2:9; Pr 7:21; Lu 11:8; 18:4,5;
and she told. Pr 2:16,17; ver. 18;
the Spirit. ver. 6; 3:10; 13:25; 15:14; 1Sa 11:6;
given to. 15:2;
his friend. Ps 55:12,13; Jer 9:5; Mic 7:5; Mt 26:49,50; Joh 3:29; 13:18;