Jueces 14:1

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1 Y DESCENDIENDO Sams贸n 谩 Timnah, vi贸 en Timnah una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos.

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.


FOOTNOTES:

F20 T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 10. 1.
F21 IIierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 4. col. 763, 764.
F23 Travels p. 115.
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Jueces 14:1 In-Context

1 Y DESCENDIENDO Sams贸n 谩 Timnah, vi贸 en Timnah una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos.
2 Y subi贸, y declar贸lo 谩 su padre y 谩 su madre, diciendo: Yo he visto en Timnah una mujer de las hijas de los Filisteos: ru茅goos que me la tom茅is por mujer.
3 Y su padre y su madre le dijeron: 驴No hay mujer entre las hijas de tus hermanos, ni en todo mi pueblo, para que vayas t煤 谩 tomar mujer de los Filisteos incircuncisos? Y Sams贸n respondi贸 谩 su padre: T贸mamela por mujer, porque 茅sta agrad贸 谩 mis ojos.
4 Mas su padre y su madre no sab铆an que esto ven铆a de Jehov谩, y que 茅l buscaba ocasi贸n contra los Filisteos: porque en aquel tiempo los Filisteos dominaban sobre Israel.
5 Y Sams贸n descendi贸 con su padre y con su madre 谩 Timnah: y como llegaron 谩 las vi帽as de Timnah, he aqu铆 un cachorro de le贸n que ven铆a bramando hacia 茅l.
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