Juízes 14

Juízes 14

Spurgeon note; Pr 21:31, Je 51:14, 1Co 15:57); a new zest for the Word of God. How sweet are thy words to my taste! sweeter than honey and the honeycomb (Ps 19:10-Spurgeon's note; Ps 119:103-Spurgeon's note). The life that is hid with Christ in God is full of sweetness and gentleness. “The fruit of the Spirit is gentleness.” (Ga 5:23+) Judges 14:15 Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?" Entice : Jdg 16:5 Ge 3:1-6 Pr 1:11 5:3 6:26 Mic 7:5 we burn: Jdg 12:1 Jdg 15:6 Judges 14 Resources PHILISTINES THREATEN SAMSON'S PROSPECTIVE BRIDE Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, that he may tell us the riddle (chidah; Lxx- problema), lest we burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?" This is the fourth day of the feast. Have ye invited us to the feast for the purpose of impoverishing us by taking away what we have? TECHNICAL NOTE - KJV says on the "seventh day" - The LXX. reads "on the fourth day;" with which the Syriac and Arabic agree. "The difference is only one letter in Hebrew, which could easily have been miscopied by a scribe in an early manuscript. “Fourth” fits better with the immediate context (Jdg 14:14 mentions three days of futile guessing about the riddle)." (See ESV Study Bible) This, as Dr. Wall observes, is certainly right; for it appears from Jdg 14:17, that she wept the remainder of the seven days; for which there could have been no time, if they did not threaten her till the seventh. Keil and Delitzsch - “Persuade thy husband to show us the riddle,” through thee, without his noticing it, “lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire. Have ye invited us to make us poor; is it not so?” In this threat the barbarism and covetousness of the Philistines came openly to light. הַלְיָרְשֵׁנוּ without Metheg in the יָ is the inf. Kal of יָרַשׁ, to make poor,—a meaning derived from inheriting, not the Piel of יָרַשׁ = רוּשׁ, to be poor. הֲלֹא, nonne, strengthens the interrogative clause, and has not the signification “here” = הֲלֹם. Samson’s wife, however, wept over him, i.e., urged him with tears in her eyes, and said, “Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people (my countrymen), and hast not shown it to me.” חַדְתָּה is from חוּד. Samson replied, that he had not even shown it to his father and mother, “and shall I show it to thee?” (Commentary) Judges 14:16 And Samson's wife wept before him and said, "You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?" You only hate me: Jdg 16:15 I have not told it: Ge 2:24 Judges 14 Resources A WEEPING WIFE BEGINS TO WEAR ON SAMSON And Samson's wife wept before him and said, "You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle (chidah; Lxx- problema) to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?" Delilah used the same tactics (Jdg 16:15+) George Bush Wept before him. Heb. ותבך עליו vattëbk âlauv, wept upon him. The sequel showed, however, that they were crocodile tears which she shed on this occasion. (resource) I have not told it to my father, nor my mother. Though I have had more experience of their fidelity, and more reason to trust their taciturnity than thine. ‘In all parts of the world, I believe, people are pretty much alike, as to their capability of keeping secrets. The Hindoos, however, improperly reflect upon the female sex in their proverb, “To a woman tell not a secret.” That secret must be great indeed which will prevent a son or daughter from telling it to the father or mother. The greatest proof of confidence is to say, “I have told you what I have not revealed to my father.” In proof of the great affection one has for another, it is said, “He has told things to him that he would not have related to his parents.” “My friend, do tell me the secret.”—“Tell you? yes, when I have told my parents.” ’ Roberts. (resource) Judges 14:17 However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And it came about on the seventh day that he told her because she pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people. because she pressed him so hard: Jdg 16:6,13,16 Ge 3:6 Job 2:9 Pr 7:21 Lu 11:8 18:4,5 she then told: Pr 2:16,17 Judges 14 Resources PROLONGED PRESSURE BREAKS SAMSON'S RESOLVE However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And it came about on the seventh day that he told her because she pressed him so hard (tsug). She then told the riddle to the sons of her people. Women were Samson's weakness. He could overcome lions. He could overcome Philistines. But using a modern idiom, he couldn't overcome the Philistine women. But more to the truth, he could not overcome his own fallen flesh! What is sad is that he potentially had access to the only One Who could overcome the fallen flesh and that is the Holy Spirit (See Gal 5:16+). A key word (repeated by Delilah in Jdg 16:6+) in this interchange is pressed hard (tsug) and is translated in the Lxx by parenochleo which means to cause unnecessary trouble, cause difficulty, trouble greatly, annoy (as in Acts 15:19+). As we might say today "he caved in!" (See What does the Bible say about nagging?) It is our refusal to deal with our weaknesses that most often gets us in trouble. -- Ray Pritchard