Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Judges 14:1 in other translations
| BSB | One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. |
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| WEB | Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. |
| ASV | And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. |
| YLT | And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines, |
| DARBY | And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines. |
| BBE | Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines; |
| Webster | And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. |
What does Judges 14:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 14:1-2
Jud 14:1-5. Samson Desires a Wife of the Philistines.
1-2. 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 familiar character as to issue in matrimonial relations. Moreover, the Philistines were not in the number of the seven devoted nations of Canaan [De 7:1-3]--with whom the law forbade them to marry.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Samson marries a wife of the Philistines, Jdg 14:1-4. Slays a young lion at Timnath, in the carcass of which he afterwards finds a swarm of bees, Jdg 14:5-9. He makes a feast; they appoint him thirty companions, to whom he puts forth a riddle, which they cannot expound, Jdg 14:10-14. They entice his wife to get the interpretation from him; she succeeds, informs them, and they tell the explanation, Jdg 14:15-18. He is incensed, and slays thirty of the Philistines, Jdg 14:19, Jdg 14:20. Verse 1 Went down to Timnath - A frontier town of the Philistines, at the beginning of the lands belonging to the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:57; but afterwards given up to Dan, Jos 19:43. David took this place from the Philistines, but they again got possession of it in the reign of Ahaz, 2Chr 28:18.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 14:1-4
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Judges 14:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 14:1
- Joshua 15:10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
- 1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
- Joshua 19:43
And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
- Psalms 119:37
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
- Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
- Genesis 34:1-2
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
- Genesis 38:12-13
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
- Genesis 6:2
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- 2 Samuel 11:2
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6 In his journey he kills a lion.
8 In a second journey he finds honey in the carcase.
10 Samson's marriage feast.
12 His riddle by his wife is made known.
19 He spoils thirty Philistines.
20 His wife is married to another.
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
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Context
- Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
- Judges 14:2
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
Judges 14:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y DESCENDIENDO Samsón á Timnah, vió en Timnah una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Samson descendit à Thimna; et il vit à Thimna une femme d’entre les filles des Philistins. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Simson ging nach Timna hinab; und er sah in Timna ein Weib von den Töchtern der Philister. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Descendit ergo Samson in Thamnatha: vidensque ibi mulierem de filiabus Philisthiim, |