New American Standard Bible 1995
Judges 14:1
1Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
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
Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. 2So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.” 3Then his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she looks good to me.”
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וַיֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּתִמְנָ֖תָה מִבְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Judges 14:1
- Genesis 38:12Now after a considerable time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
- Joshua 15:10The border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah.
- Joshua 19:43and Elon and Timnah and Ekron,
- Genesis 6:2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.
- Genesis 34:1Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
- 2 Samuel 11:2Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
- Job 31:11For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.
- Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.
- 1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is 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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