JUDGES CHAPTER 15 (15 OF 21)
Scripture: Judges 15:1-20
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Judges Chapter 15 (15 of 21)
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 15
1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
The bride's father thought that Samson hated his daughter since he never came back to consummate the marriage. He also insisted Samson to take her younger sister because she was more beautiful than her, but Samson wanted none of that.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
Samson sets the corn of the Philistines on fire. He decided to get even with them, probably because he lost his wife in the process to his best man, wasting time dealing with the Philistines.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
In the process of Samson's revenge, Timnah and his daughter were burnt up. Many say that this burning of these 2 people was for Samson’s retribution. One writer stated;
“This was probably done to appease Samson: as they saw he had been unjustly treated both by his wife and her father; therefore they destroyed them both, that they might c ...
Series: Judges
Harley Howard
Judges 15
1 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: [is] not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
The bride's father thought that Samson hated his daughter since he never came back to consummate the marriage. He also insisted Samson to take her younger sister because she was more beautiful than her, but Samson wanted none of that.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.
Samson sets the corn of the Philistines on fire. He decided to get even with them, probably because he lost his wife in the process to his best man, wasting time dealing with the Philistines.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
In the process of Samson's revenge, Timnah and his daughter were burnt up. Many say that this burning of these 2 people was for Samson’s retribution. One writer stated;
“This was probably done to appease Samson: as they saw he had been unjustly treated both by his wife and her father; therefore they destroyed them both, that they might c ...
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