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But his father and his mother didn`t know that it was of Yahweh; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
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God's Sovereign Plan
All commentators agree that this verse reveals God's sovereignty. Though Samson's parents were rightly concerned, they didn't know God was orchestrating events. Scholars explain that God was using Samson's desire for this marriage to create an "occasion" to confront the Philistines and begin Israel's deliverance, showing how God can work through even questionable human choices to achieve His greater plan.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
His father and mother very properly opposed Samson’s marriage with a Pagan woman, the daughter of the oppressors of his people. But they could not …
19th Century
Anglican
That it was of the Lord. —All that can be meant is that in this marriage God was overruling the course of events to the furtheranc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And his father and mother knew not that it was of the Lord , &c.] That he should marry this uncircumcised Philistine…
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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…
