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Judges 14:1
1One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
Judges 14:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- New International Version (NIV)Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Context of Judges 14:1
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. 2So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.” 3But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.”
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וַיֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 14:1
- Genesis 38:12After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
- Joshua 15:10The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
- Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
- Genesis 34:1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
- Job 31:11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
Commentaries on Judges 14:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Went down to Timnath - A frontier town of the Philistines, at the beginning of the lands belonging to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57; but afterwards given up to Dan, Joshua 19:43. David took this place from the Philistines, but they again got possession of it in the reign of Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:18.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Timnath - See Joshua 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Judges 13:2, about three miles S. W. of it.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Samson desires a wife of the Philistines. (1-4) Samson kills a lion. (5-9) Samson's riddle. (10-20) Verses 1-4 As far as Samson's marriage was a common case, it was weak and foolish of him to set his affections upon a daughter of the Philistines. Shall one, not only an Israelite, but a Nazarite, devoted to the Lord, covet to become one with a worshipper of Dagon? It does not appear that he had any reason to think her wise or virtuous, or any way likely to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Timnah was likely about four miles down the Sorek Valley from Mahaneh-dan, where Israelite and Philistine territories met.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51-2. Timnath--now Tibna, about three miles from Zorah, his birthplace. saw a woman ... of the Philistines; and told his father and his mother, and said, ... get her for me to wife--In the East parents did, and do in many cases still, negotiate the marriage alliances for their sons. During their period of ascendency, the Philistine invaders had settled in the towns; and the intercourse between them and the Israelites was often of such a friendly and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Judges 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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