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Judges 14:1
1One day Samson went to Timnah. Samson 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 to Timnah. Samson saw a young Philistine woman. 2When he returned home, he said to his father and mother, ‘I have seen a young Philistine woman in Timnah and I want to marry her. Please get her for me as my wife.’ 3His parents replied, ‘You do not need to go to the Philistines to get a wife. They are not the Lord's people. There is surely someone among our own relatives or other Israelites that you would like to marry.’ But Samson said to his father, ‘You must get her for me. She is the right girl for me to marry.’
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וַיֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Judges 14:1
- Genesis 38:12After a long time, Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had stopped being sad because of her death, he left his home to travel. He went with his friend, Hirah the Adullamite, to a place called Timnah. He went to see the men who were cutting the wool from his sheep.
- Joshua 15:10It went round Baalah towards the hills of Edom. It went north of Jearim mountain (also called Kesalon) down to Beth Shemesh, and it continued on past Timnah.
- Joshua 19:43Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
- Genesis 6:2The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful. They chose for themselves any of them that they wanted to become their wives.
- Genesis 34:1Dinah was the daughter of Leah and Jacob. One day she went out to visit the young women who lived near Shechem city.
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening, David got up from his bed. He walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman who was washing herself. She was very beautiful.
- Job 31:11I would not have been faithful to my wife. I would have done a wicked thing and I would deserve punishment.
- Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from useless things. Use your word to help me to live.
- 1 John 2:16What are the wrong things that belong to this world? People want to do bad things to make themselves happy. People want to have things that they see, even bad things. People want to show other people how rich they are. These ideas do not come from God, our Father. They are the thoughts of people who belong to 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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