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A Desperate Bribe
Commentators emphasize the immense size of the bribe offered to Delilah. The five Philistine lords each offered 1,100 silver shekels, totaling 5,500. Scholars note this was an enormous sum for the time, highlighting how desperate and threatened the Philistines were by Samson and how highly they valued his capture.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 16:5
18th Century
Theologian
And the lords of the Philistines - See Judges 3:3 note.
His great strength lies - Rather, “where his strength is great.”
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Charles Ellicott
On Judges 16:5
19th Century
Bishop
The lords of the Philistines. —The five “satraps.” (See Note on Judges 3:3.) If she were what Josephus asserts, the Phili…
John Gill
On Judges 16:5
17th Century
Pastor
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her
Having heard that Samson kept company with her, she being a noted …
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 16:4–17
17th Century
Minister
Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same…