Jueces 14:1

Matrimonio de Sansón

1 Sansón descendió a Timnat y vio allí a una joven filistea.

Jueces 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.

Jueces 14:1 In-Context

1 Sansón descendió a Timnat y vio allí a una joven filistea.

2 Cuando él volvió, les dijo a sus padres:—He visto en Timnat a una joven filistea; pídanla para que sea mi esposa.

3 Pero sus padres le dijeron:—¿Acaso no hay ninguna mujer aceptable entre tus parientes, o en todo nuestro pueblo, que tienes que ir a buscar una esposa entre esos filisteos incircuncisos?Sansón le respondió a su padre:—¡Pídeme a esa, que es la que a mí me gusta!

4 Sus padres no sabían que esto era de parte del SEÑOR, que buscaba la ocasión de confrontar a los filisteos; porque en aquel tiempo los filisteos dominaban a Israel.

5 Así que Sansón descendió a Timnat junto con sus padres. De repente, al llegar a los viñedos de Timnat, un rugiente cachorro de león le salió al encuentro.