Judges 15:6

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּים֮ fe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
said	וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
done	עָ֣שָׂה 'A.sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
answered	וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Samson	שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ shim.shOn	H8123	Shimshon · proper noun, a man's name
law	חֲתַ֣ן cha.Tan	H2860	a relative by marriage (especially through the bride) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Timnite	הַתִּמְנִ֔י ha.tim.Ni	H8554	a Timnite or inhabitant of Timnah · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine singular absolute
taken	לָקַ֣ח la.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
wife	אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ 'ish.To	H802	a woman · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
given	וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ vai.yi.te.Nah	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
companion	לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ le.me.re.'E.hu	H4828	a friend · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים fe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
up	וַיַּעֲל֣וּ vai.ya.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
burnt	וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ vai.yis.re.Fu	H8313	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
father	אָבִ֖יהָ 'a.Vi.ha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
fire	בָּאֵֽשׁ ba.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Judges 14:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest…
Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
1 Thessalonians 4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned yo…
Judges 12:1 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight again…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:1-8

Here is, I. Samson's return to his wife, whom he had left in displeasure; not hearing perhaps that she was given to another, when time had a little cooled his resentments, he came back to her, visited her with a kid, Jdg 15:1. The value of the present was inconsiderable, but it was intended as a token of reconciliation, and perhaps was then so used, when those that had been at variance were brought together again; he sent this, that he might sup with her in her apartments, and she with him, on his provision, and so they might be friends again. It was generously done of Samson, though he was the party offended and the superior relation, to whom therefore she was bound in duty to sue for peace…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:6

Who hath done this--The author of this outrage, and the cause that provoked such an extraordinary retaliation, soon became known; and the sufferers, enraged by the destruction of their crops, rushing with tumultuous fury to the house of Samson's wife, "burnt her and her father with fire." This was a remarkable retribution. To avoid this menace, she had betrayed her husband; and by that unprincipled conduct, eventually exposed herself to the horrid doom which, at the sacrifice of conjugal fidelity, she had sought to escape [Jdg 14:15].

John Gill on Judges 15:6

Then the Philistines said, who hath done this?.... They asked and inquired one of another, who they thought could be the author of such mischief: and they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite; this they said either by conjecture, which might be the case of some; and others more confidently asserted it, having heard what he said, Judges 15:3 and they assign a very good reason for it: because he had already taken away his wife, and given her to his companion, which had provoked him to do such an action as this; and perhaps the very same persons that were very well pleased before that Samson was so served, yet now were full of wrath and indignation at the Timnite, having suffered s…

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The Church Fathers

And the Philistines, incensed by the loss of all their corn in that region, told it to the princes of their land. And they sent men to Timnath, and burnt in the fire the woman who had been faithless to her husband, and her parents and all her house; saying that she had been the cause of this injury and devastation, and ought not to have provoked a man who could avenge himself by a public calamity.
— Ambrose of Milan, Letter 19: To Vigilius

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Dictionary and topics

Timnite — A man of Timnah. Samson’s father-in-law is so styled (Judg. 15:6).
Timnite, The — Samson’s father-in-law, a native of Timnathah. (Judges 15:6)
Fox, The · Illustrative of: Used by Samson for annoying the Philistines — Illustrative of: Used by Samson for annoying the Philistines
Samson · Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife — Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife
Timnath · 2. Home of Sam — 2. Home of Sam

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 15:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:6

John Gill on Judges 15:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Judges 15:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:1-8

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:6

John Gill on Judges 15:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 15:6

Rashi on Judges 15:6