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His father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
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A Standard Wedding Custom
Commentators unanimously explain that the feast Samson held was not unusual but was the standard wedding feast of that era. This celebration, which lasted for seven days, was an essential and expected part of the marriage ceremony, showing Samson operating within the normal social customs of his time.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Made a feast ... - This was the wedding-feast, protracted in this instance seven days, in that of Tobias () fourteen days. It was an essenti…
19th Century
Anglican
Went down to the woman. —Formally, to claim her as the bride of his son.
Made there a feast. —According to …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So his father went down unto the woman At Timnath, whom Samson had espoused; the Targum is, ``about the business of …
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