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Riddles as Ancient Entertainment
Commentators explain that proposing a riddle during a lengthy wedding feast was a common form of entertainment in the ancient world, functioning much like a high-stakes wager. The prize Samson offered was valuable: thirty sets of fine linen undergarments and thirty sets of outer clothes, a significant cost for either side.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 14:12
18th Century
Theologian
See the marginal references. Riddles formed one of the amusements of these protracted feasts.
Sheets: Rather “linen shirts;” the “gar…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 14:12
19th Century
Bishop
I will now put forth a riddle to you. — Chidah, “a riddle,” comes from chud, “to knot.” The use of ridd…
John Gill
On Judges 14:12
17th Century
Pastor
And Samson said to them
His thirty companions, very likely on the first day of the feast:
I will …
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 14:10–20
17th Century
Minister
Samson's riddle literally meant no more than that he had got honey, for food and for pleasure, from the lion, which in its strength and fury was re…