Judges 14:12
“And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And Samson said unto them,.... His thirty companions, very likely on the first day of the feast:
I will now put forth…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
See the marginal references. Riddles formed one of the amusements of these protracted feasts. Sheets - Rather “linen…
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
a riddle This is the only specimen in the O.T. of a riddle in our sense (1Ki 10:1); elsewhere the word means a…
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