Judges 14:18
“And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the men of the city said unto him, on the seventh day, before the sun went down,.... And so soon, enough to free…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They try to give the answer in a way to make it appear that they had guessed it. Samson saw at once that she had…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Judges 14:10-20
We have here an account of Samson's wedding feast and the occasion it gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines.
I.…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
before the sun went down lit. went in. But the word for sun(ḥeres) is rare and poetical, and it has the accus. ending…