Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Judges Chapter 14
Overview
Jdg 14:1, Samson desires a wife of the Philistines; Jdg 14:6, In his journey he kills a lion; Jdg 14:8, In a second journey he finds honey in the carcase; Jdg 14:10, Samson's marriage feast; Jdg 14:12, His riddle by his wife is made known; Jdg 14:19, He spoils thirty Philistines; Jdg 14:20, His wife is married to another.
Timnath: Gen 38:12, Gen 38:13; Jos 15:10, Jos 19:43, aw, Gen 6:2, Gen 34:1, Gen 34:2; Sa2 11:2; Job 31:1; Psa 119:37; Jo1 2:16
get her: Gen 21:21, Gen 24:2, Gen 24:3, Gen 34:4, Gen 38:6; Kg2 14:9
thy brethren: Gen 13:8, Gen 21:3, Gen 21:4, Gen 21:27
uncircumcised: Jdg 15:18; Gen 34:14; Exo 34:12-16; Deu 7:2, Deu 7:3; Sa1 14:6, Sa1 17:26, Sa1 17:36, Sa1 31:4; Sa2 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; Kg1 12:15; Kg2 6:33; Ch2 10:15, Ch2 22:7, Ch2 25:20; Psa 115:3
had dominion: Jdg 13:1, Jdg 15:11; Deu 28:48
against him: Heb. in meeting him, Jdg 14:5
the Spirit: Jdg 3:10, Jdg 11:29, Jdg 13:25; Sa1 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. Jdg 15:8, Jdg 15:15, Jdg 16:30; Sa1 17:34-37, Sa1 17:46; Zac 4:6; Jo1 3:8
to take her: Gen 29:21; Mat 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.
made there: Gen 29:22; Esth. 1:7-22; Ecc 10:19; Mat 22:2-4; Joh 2:9; Rev 19:9
a riddle: Kg1 10:1; Psa 49:4; Pro 1:6; Eze 17:2, Eze 20:49; Mat 13:13, Mat 13:34; Luk 14:7; Joh 16:29; Co1 13:12 *marg.
the seven: Gen 29:27, Gen 29:28; Ch2 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."
Mat 27:28; Mar 14:51, Mar 14:52
change: Gen 45:22; Kg2 5:5, Kg2 5:22; Mat 6:19; Jam 5:2
Out of the eater: Gen 3:15; Deu 8:15, Deu 8:16; Kg1 17:6; Ch2 20:2, Ch2 20:25; Isa 53:10-12; Rom 5:3-5; Rom 8:37; Co2 4:17, Co2 12:9, Co2 12:10; Phi 1:12-20; Heb 2:14, Heb 2:15, Heb 12:10, Heb 12:11; Jam 1:2-4; Pe1 2:24
they could: Pro 24:7; Mat 13:11; Act 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 Jdg 14:17, 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: Jdg 16:5; Gen 3:1-6; Pro 1:11, Pro 5:3, Pro 6:26; Mic 7:5
lest we burn: Jdg 12:1, Jdg 15:6
take that we have: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us
Thou dost: Jdg 16:15
I have not: Gen 2:24
the seven: or, the rest of the seven days
she lay: Jdg 16:6, Jdg 16:13, Jdg 16:16; Gen 3:6; Job 2:9; Pro 7:21; Luk 11:8, Luk 18:4, Luk 18:5
and she told: Pro 2:16, Pro 2:17
the Spirit: Jdg 14:6, Jdg 3:10, Jdg 13:25, Jdg 15:14; Sa1 11:6
spoil: or, apparel
given to: Jdg 15:2
his friend: Psa 55:12, Psa 55:13; Jer 9:5; Mic 7:5; Mat 26:49, Mat 26:50; Joh 3:29, Joh 13:18