So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
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Gill's Exposition
So his father went down unto the woman,.... At Timnath, whom Samson had espoused; the Targum is,"about the business of the woman;''about the consummation of the marriage with her; they all three went,…
Barnes' Notes
Made a feast ... - This was the wedding-feast, protracted in this instance seven days, in that of Tobias (Tobit 8:19) fourteen days. It was an essential part of the marriage ceremony Gen 29:22; Est…
We have here an account of Samson's wedding feast and the occasion it gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines.
I. Samson conformed to the custom of the country in making a festival of his nuptial…
Cambridge Bible
his father Again, an insertion. If the father was out of place in Jdg 14:14, he is more impossible at this stage. Originally the text ran and he went down … and made, or and Samson went down … and…
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