Giudici 14:20

20 E la moglie di Sansone fu data al compagno di esso, il quale era il suo intimo amico.

Giudici 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.

Giudici 14:20 In-Context

18 Laonde gli uomini della città dissero a Sansone al settimo giorno, avanti che il sole tramontasse: Che cosa è più dolce che il miele? e chi è più forte che il leone? Ed egli disse loro: Se voi non aveste arato con la mia giovenca, non avreste rinvenuto il mio enimma.

19 E lo Spirito del Signore si avventò sopra lui, ed egli discese in Ascalon, e uccise trenta nomini di quella gente, e prese le loro spoglie, e diede quelle mute di vesti a quelli che aveano dichiarato l’enimma. Ed egli si accese nell’ira, e se ne ritornò alla casa di suo padre.

20 E la moglie di Sansone fu data al compagno di esso, il quale era il suo intimo amico.