Shìshījì 14:1

1 CānSūn xià dào Tíngná , zaì nàli kànjian yī gè nǚzi , shì Fēilìshìrén de nǚér .

Shìshījì 14:1 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 14:1

And Samson went down to Timnath
A city which by lot fell to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, and now in the hands of the Philistines, ( Joshua 15:57 ) ( 19:43 ) . Judah is said to go up to it, because the place where he lived lay below it, ( Genesis 38:13 ) , but Samson is said to go down to it, because he lived above it. The Jews ^F20 differ about the reconciliation of these two places; some say there were two of this name, the one is a descent, and the other is an ascent; others say there was but one, so situated, that they that came to it on one side ascended, and they that came to it on the other side descended. Bochart ^F21 approves of the former. According to Bunting ^F23, this was twelve miles from Eshtaol, where Samson lived:

and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines;
who at this time dwelt there; he saw no doubt many other women besides her, but he took special notice of her, and entertained a particular affection for her; or, in other words, on sight of her fell in love with her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 10. 1.
F21 IIierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 4. col. 763, 764.
F23 Travels p. 115.

Shìshījì 14:1 In-Context

1 CānSūn xià dào Tíngná , zaì nàli kànjian yī gè nǚzi , shì Fēilìshìrén de nǚér .

2 CānSūn shàng lái bǐnggào tā fùmǔ shuō , wǒ zaì Tíngná kànjian yī gè nǚzi , shì Fēilìshìrén de nǚér , yuàn nǐmen gĕi wǒ qǔ lái wéi qì .

3 Tā fùmǔ shuō , zaì nǐ dìxiōng de nǚér zhōng , huò zaì bĕn guó de mín zhōng , qǐ méiyǒu yī gè nǚzi , hé zhì nǐ qù zaì wèi shòu gēlǐ de Fēilìshì rén zhōng qǔ qì ne . CānSūn duì tā fùqin shuō , yuàn nǐ gĕi wǒ qǔ nà nǚzi , yīn wǒ xǐyuè tā .

4 Tāde fùmǔ què bú zhīdào zhè shì shì chūyú Yēhéhuá , yīnwei tā zhǎo jīhuì gōngjī Fēilìshì rén . nàshí , Fēilìshì rén xiá zhì Yǐsèliè rén .

5 CānSūn gēn tā fùmǔ xià Tíngná qù , dào le Tíngná de pútaóyuán , jiàn yǒu yī zhǐ shào zhuàng shīzi xiàng tā hǒu jiào .