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.
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Gill's Exposition
But it came to pass within a while after,.... Or "after days", a year after, the same phrase as in Jdg 14:8 in the time of wheat harvest; which began at Pentecost, as barley harvest did at the…
Barnes' Notes
Visited his wife with a kid - A common present (see Gen 38:17; Luk 15:29). From Samson’s wife being still in her father’s house, it would seem that she was only betrothed, not actually married, to his…
Here is, I. Samson's return to his wife, whom he had left in displeasure; not hearing perhaps that she was given to another, when time had a little cooled his resentments, he came back to her, visited…
Cambridge Bible
Jdg 15:1-8. Samson's revenge
1 .in the time of wheat harvest From mid-May to mid-June in this region. The harvest is mentioned to prepare the scene for Jdg 15:15. Country weddings generally take place…
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