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Judges 14:1

Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Samson went down to Timnath,.... A city which by lot fell to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, and now in the hands of the Philistines, Jos 15:57. Judah is said to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Timnath - See Jos 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Jdg 13:2, about three miles S. W. of it.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Judges 14:1-9

Here, I. Samson, under the extraordinary guidance of Providence, seeks an occasion of quarrelling with the Philistines, by joining in affinity with them - a strange method, but the truth is Samson was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Timnah now Tibneh, about 4 m. S.W. of Zorah, on the low hills of the Shephçlah: hence went downis the word for reaching it from Samson's house (Jdg 14:14; Jdg 14:14; Jdg 14:14; Jdg 14:14), and go up,…