Judges 14:3 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

His father and mother objected. “Isn’t there even one woman in our tribe or among all the Israelites you could marry?” they asked. “Why must you go to the pagan Philistines to find a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.”

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The uncircumcised Philistines— Compare (1 Samuel 14:6); (1 Samuel 17:26); (1 Samuel 31:4), for …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Of the uncircumcised Philistines. —This on the lips of Israelites was a term of peculiar hatred (1 Samuel 17:36). How …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Then his father and his mother said to him
What he might expect, and doubtless did expect:

is the…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

As far as Samson's marriage was a common case, it was weak and foolish of him to set his affections on a daughter of the Philistines. Should one, n…