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Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
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Sin's Tragic Irony
Commentators unanimously highlight a tragic irony in this verse. In the previous chapter, Samson's wife betrayed him because the Philistines threatened to burn her and her father's house. As Matthew Henry notes, 'the very thing that she feared, and by sin sought to avoid, came upon her.' Her attempt to save herself through betrayal ultimately led to the very fate she dreaded, at the hands of the very people she tried to please.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
burnt her and her father - Out of revenge on Samson’s nearest relations; or, as others think, as an act of justice in favor of Samson, and i…
19th Century
Anglican
They answered. —The phrase is impersonal; but Samson had quite openly threatened vengeance in speaking to the Timnites, and is not…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the Philistines said, who has done this ? &c.] They asked and inquired one of another, who they thought could b…
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