But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me; for she pleases me well."

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

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

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

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

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…

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