Jueces 16

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1 Y fue Sans贸n a Gaza, y vio all铆 una mujer ramera, y entr贸 a ella.
2 Y fue dicho a los de Gaza: Sans贸n es venido ac谩. Y lo cercaron, y le pusieron esp铆as toda aquella noche a la puerta de la ciudad; y estuvieron callados toda aquella noche, diciendo: Hasta la luz de la ma帽ana; entonces lo mataremos.
3 Mas Sans贸n durmi贸 hasta la medianoche; y a la medianoche se levant贸, y tomando las puertas de la ciudad con sus dos pilares y su cerrojo, se las ech贸 al hombro, y se fue, y se subi贸 con ellas a la cumbre del monte que est谩 delante de Hebr贸n.
4 Despu茅s de esto aconteci贸 que se enamor贸 de una mujer en el valle de Sorec, la cual se llamaba Dalila.
5 Y vinieron a ella los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos, y le dijeron: Eng谩帽ale y sabe en qu茅 consiste su fuerza tan grande, y c贸mo lo podr铆amos vencer, para que lo atemos y lo atormentemos; y cada uno de nosotros te dar谩 mil cien siclos de plata.
6 Y Dalila dijo a Sans贸n: Yo te ruego que me declares en qu茅 consiste tu fuerza tan grande, y c贸mo podr谩s ser atado para ser atormentado.
7 Y le respondi贸 Sans贸n: Si me ataren con siete mimbres verdes que a煤n no est茅n enjutos, entonces me debilitar茅, y ser茅 como cualquiera de los dem谩s hombres.
8 Y los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos le trajeron siete mimbres verdes que a煤n no estaban enjutos, y ella le at贸 con ellos.
9 Y los esp铆as estaban escondidos en casa de ella en una c谩mara. Entonces ella le dijo: 隆Sans贸n, los filisteos sobre ti! Y 茅l rompi贸 los mimbres, como se rompe una cuerda de estopa cuando siente el fuego; y no se supo el secreto de su fuerza.
10 Entonces Dalila dijo a Sans贸n: He aqu铆 t煤 me has enga帽ado, y me has dicho mentiras: desc煤breme, pues, ahora, yo te ruego, c贸mo podr谩s ser atado.
11 Y 茅l le dijo: Si me ataren fuertemente con cuerdas nuevas, con las cuales ninguna cosa se haya hecho, yo me debilitar茅, y ser茅 como cualquiera de los dem谩s hombres.
12 Y Dalila tom贸 cuerdas nuevas, y le at贸 con ellas, y le dijo: 隆Sans贸n, los filisteos sobre ti! Y los esp铆as estaban en una c谩mara. Mas 茅l rompi贸 las cuerdas de sus brazos como un hilo.
13 Y Dalila dijo a Sans贸n: Hasta ahora me enga帽as, y tratas conmigo con mentiras. Desc煤breme, pues, ahora, c贸mo podr谩s ser atado. El entonces le dijo: Si tejieres siete guedejas de mi cabeza con la tela.
14 Y ella las asegur贸 con la estaca, y le dijo: 隆Sans贸n, los filisteos sobre ti! Mas despertando 茅l de su sue帽o, arranc贸 la estaca del telar con la tela.
15 Y ella le dijo: 驴C贸mo dices: Yo te amo, pues que tu coraz贸n no est谩 conmigo? Ya me has enga帽ado tres veces, y no me has descubierto a煤n en qu茅 est谩 tu gran fuerza.
16 Y aconteci贸 que, apret谩ndole ella cada d铆a con sus palabras y moli茅ndolo, su alma fue reducida a mortal angustia.
17 Le descubri贸, pues , todo su coraz贸n, y le dijo: Nunca a mi cabeza lleg贸 navaja; porque soy nazareo de Dios desde el vientre de mi madre. Si fuere rapado, mi fuerza se apartar谩 de m铆, y ser茅 debilitado, y como todos los dem谩s hombres.
18 Y viendo Dalila que 茅l le hab铆a descubierto todo su coraz贸n, envi贸 a llamar a los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos, diciendo: Venid esta vez, porque 茅l me ha descubierto todo su coraz贸n. Y los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos vinieron a ella, trayendo en su mano el dinero.
19 Y ella hizo que 茅l se durmiese sobre sus rodillas; y llamado un hombre, le rap贸 las siete guedejas de su cabeza, y comenz贸 a afligirlo, y su fuerza se apart贸 de 茅l.
20 Y ella le dijo: 隆Sans贸n, los filisteos sobre ti! Y 茅l, cuando se despert贸 de su sue帽o, dijo entre s铆 : Esta vez saldr茅 como las otras, y me escapar茅; no sabiendo que el SE脩OR ya se hab铆a apartado de 茅l.
21 Mas los filisteos echaron mano de 茅l, y le sacaron los ojos, y le llevaron a Gaza; y le ataron con cadenas de hierro, para que moliese en la c谩rcel.
22 Y el cabello de su cabeza comenz贸 a crecer, despu茅s que fue rapado.
23 Entonces los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos se juntaron para ofrecer un gran sacrificio a Dag贸n su dios, y para alegrarse; y dijeron: Nuestro dios entreg贸 en nuestras manos a Sans贸n nuestro enemigo.
24 Y vi茅ndolo el pueblo, loaron a su dios, diciendo: Nuestro dios entreg贸 en nuestras manos a nuestro enemigo, y al destruidor de nuestra tierra, el cual hab铆a dado muerte a muchos de nosotros.
25 Y aconteci贸 que, y茅ndose alegrando el coraz贸n de ellos, dijeron: Llamad a Sans贸n, para que nos haga reir. Y llamaron a Sans贸n de la c谩rcel, y sirvi贸 de diversi贸n delante de ellos; y lo pusieron entre las columnas.
26 Y Sans贸n dijo al joven que le guiaba de la mano: Ac茅rcame, y hazme tentar las columnas sobre que se sustenta la casa, para que me apoye sobre ellas.
27 Y la casa estaba llena de hombres y mujeres; y todos los pr铆ncipes de los filisteos estaban all铆; y sobre el techo hab铆a como tres mil hombres y mujeres, que estaban mirando el escarnio de Sans贸n.
28 Entonces clam贸 Sans贸n al SE脩OR, y dijo: Se帽or DIOS, acu茅rdate ahora de m铆, y esfu茅rzame ahora solamente esta vez, oh Dios, para que de una vez tome venganza de los filisteos, por mis dos ojos.
29 Asi贸 luego Sans贸n las dos columnas del medio sobre las cuales se sustentaba la casa, y estrib贸 en ellas, la una con la mano derecha, y la otra con la izquierda;
30 y dijo Sans贸n: Muera yo con los filisteos. Y estribando con esfuerzo, cay贸 la casa sobre los pr铆ncipes, y sobre todo el pueblo que estaba en ella. Y fueron muchos m谩s los que de ellos mat贸 en su muerte, que los que hab铆a muerto en su vida.
31 Y descendieron sus hermanos y toda la casa de su padre, y le tomaron, y le llevaron, y le sepultaron entre Zora y Estaol, en el sepulcro de su padre Manoa. Y 茅l juzg贸 a Israel veinte a帽os.

Jueces 16 Commentary

Chapter 16

Samson's escape from Gaza. (1-3) Samson enticed to declare his strength lay. (4-17) The Philistines take Samson, and put out his eyes. (18-21) Samson's strength is renewed. (22-24) He destroys many of the Philistines. (25-31)

Verses 1-3 Hitherto Samson's character has appeared glorious, though uncommon. In this chapter we find him behaving in so wicked a manner, that many question whether or not he were a godly man. But the apostle has determined this, ( Hebrews 11:32 ) . By adverting to the doctrines and examples of Scripture, the artifices of Satan, the deceitfulness of the human heart, and the methods in which the Lord frequently deals with his people, we may learn useful lessons from this history, at which some needlessly stumble, while others cavil and object. The peculiar time in which Samson lived may account for many things, which, if done in our time, and without the special appointment of Heaven, would be highly criminal. And there might have been in him many exercises of piety, which, if recorded, would have reflected a different light upon his character. Observe Samson's danger. Oh that all who indulge their sensual appetites in drunkenness, or any fleshly lusts, would see themselves thus surrounded, way-laid, and marked for ruin by their spiritual enemies! The faster they sleep, the more secure they feel, the greater their danger. We hope it was with a pious resolution not to return to his sin, that he rose under a fear of the danger he was in. Can I be safe under this guilt? It was bad that he lay down without such checks; but it would have been worse, if he had laid still under them.

Verses 4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The anguish of the suffering is ten thousand times greater than all the pleasures of the sin.

Verses 18-21 See the fatal effects of false security. Satan ruins men by flattering them into a good opinion of their own safety, and so bringing them to mind nothing, and fear nothing; and then he robs them of their strength and honour, and leads them captive at his will. When we sleep our spiritual enemies do not. Samson's eyes were the inlets of his sin, (ver. ( Judges 16:1 ) ,) and now his punishment began there. Now the Philistines blinded him, he had time to remember how his own lust had before blinded him. The best way to preserve the eyes, is, to turn them away from beholding vanity. Take warning by his fall, carefully to watch against all fleshly lusts; for all our glory is gone, and our defence departed from us, when our separation to God, as spiritual Nazarites, is profaned.

Verses 22-24 Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. The Lord permits some few to wander wide and sink deep, yet he recovers them at last, and marking his displeasure at sin in their severe temporal sufferings, preserves them from sinking into the pit of destruction. Hypocrites may abuse these examples, and infidels mock at them, but true Christians will thereby be rendered more humble, watchful, and circumspect; more simple in their dependence on the Lord, more fervent in prayer to be kept from falling, and in praise for being preserved; and, if they fall, they will be kept from sinking into despair.

Verses 25-31 Nothing fills up the sins of any person or people faster than mocking and misusing the servants of God, even thought it is by their own folly that they are brought low. God put it into Samson's heart, as a public person, thus to avenge on them God's quarrel, Israel's, and his own. That strength which he had lost by sin, he recovers by prayer. That it was not from passion or personal revenge, but from holy zeal for the glory of God and Israel, appears from God's accepting and answering the prayer. The house was pulled down, not by the natural strength of Samson, but by the almighty power of God. In his case it was right he should avenge the cause of God and Israel. Nor is he to be accused of self-murder. He sought not his own death, but Israel's deliverance, and the destruction of their enemies. Thus Samson died in bonds, and among the Philistines, as an awful rebuke for his sins; but he died repentant. The effects of his death typified those of the death of Christ, who, of his own will, laid down his life among transgressors, and thus overturned the foundation of Satan's kingdom, and provided for the deliverance of his people. Great as was the sin of Samson, and justly as he deserved the judgments he brought upon himself, he found mercy of the Lord at last; and every penitent shall obtain mercy, who flees for refuge to that Saviour whose blood cleanses from all sin. But here is nothing to encourage any to indulge sin, from a hope they shall at last repent and be saved.

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Jueces 16 Commentaries

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 16

In this chapter we have an account of Samson's too great familiarity with two harlots; by the one he was brought into great danger, and narrowly escaped, Jud 16:1-3, and by the other he was betrayed into the hands of the Philistines, having got the secret out of him wherein his great strength lay, Jud 16:4-20 who having him in their hands, put out his eyes, imprisoned him, and in their idol temple made sport of him, Jud 16:21-25, where praying for renewed strength from the Lord, he pulled down the temple, and destroyed multitudes with the loss of his own life, Jud 16:26-31.

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