Judges 15- Samson Slays 1,000 Philistines
After
Samson cooled down from being angry at his wife for telling the answer of his
riddle to the Philistines, he returned to her with a kid as a present. Her
father informed Samson that he thought Samson no longer wanted her, so he had
given her to his friend. This riled Samson even more,
Apparently,
Samson felt justified in his vengeance on the Philistines. He caught three
hundred foxes, tied their tails together and then tied a torch on their tails,
set them on fire, and let the animals loose in the fields. When the Philistines
discovered who did this, they came up and burnt his wife and father with fire.
This shas nothing to do with his commission from God to deliver Israel from the
Philistines. He is just avenging himself. His actions had nothing to do with
delivering Israel. His revenge was personal.
After
hitting the Philistines with a great slaughter, the enemy had begun looking for
him. Samson let his own people bind him with ropes to protect them from the
Philistines. The men of Judah took Samson, their prisoner, to Lehi which was
occupied by the Philistines. The enemy
was overjoyed to see Samson being brought to them bound. Then he broke the
bands as if they were nothing. He grabbed a jawbone of a donkey and attacked
the enemy. He killed one thousand of
them. He could never have done such a thing in his own power; it was the Spirit
of the Lord upon him that enabled him to do it.
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Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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