Richtere 14:20

20 En de huisvrouw van Simson werd zijns metgezels, die hem vergezelschapt had.

Richtere 14:20 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 14:20

But Samson's wife was given to his companion
By her father, and with her consent, both being affronted and provoked by Samson leaving her, who judged her not only to be injured, but hereby discharged from him, and free to marry another:

and whom he had used as his friend;
though there were thirty of them that were his companions, yet there was one of them that was the principal of them, and was the most intimate with him, whom he used in the most friendly manner, and admitted to a more free conversation than the rest, the same that is called the friend of the bridegroom, ( John 3:29 ) while the others were called the children of the bridechamber, ( Matthew 9:15 ) . It is not unlikely that this person had too much intimacy with Samson's wife before, and so had the secret of the riddle from her, and so very readily married her, as soon as Samson departed; and all this furnished out an occasion and opportunity, which Samson sought for, to be revenged on the Philistines, as in the following chapter.

Richtere 14:20 In-Context

18 Toen zeiden de mannen der stad tot hem, op den zevenden dag, eer de zon onderging: Wat is zoeter dan honig? en wat is sterker dan een leeuw? En hij zeide tot hen: Zo gij met mijn kalf niet hadt geploegd, gij zoudt mijn raadsel niet hebben uitgevonden.

19 Toen werd de Geest des HEEREN vaardig over hem, en hij ging af naar de Askelonieten, en sloeg van hen dertig man; en hij nam hun gewaad, en gaf de wisselklederen aan degenen, die dat raadsel verklaard hadden. Doch zijn toorn ontstak, en hij ging op in zijns vaders huis.

20 En de huisvrouw van Simson werd zijns metgezels, die hem vergezelschapt had.