16:17 That he told her all his {i} heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I [have been] a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any [other] man.(i) Thus his immoderate affections toward a wicked woman caused him to lose God’s excellent gifts, and become a slave to those whom he should have ruled. read more
16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went {k} from him.(k) Not for the loss of his hair, but for the contempt of the ordinance of God, which was the reason God departed from him. read more
16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to {l} grow again after he was shaven.(l) Yet he did not regain his strength, till he had called on God and reconciled himself. read more
16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he {m} made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.(m) Thus by God’s just judgments they are made slaves to infidels if they neglect their calling to defend the faithful. read more
16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once {n} avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.(n) According to my calling which is to execute God’s judgments on the wicked. read more
16:30 And Samson said, {o} Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with [all his] might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that [were] therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than [they] which he slew in his life.(o) He does not speak out of despair, but humbling himself for neglecting his office and the offence thereby given. read more
SAMSON THE NAZARITE The close of chapter 12 furnishes the history of three other civil judges, and then we reach that of another warrior as picturesque as Gideon or Jephthah. Sampson’s life is so full of inconsistencies and mysteries from the divine standpoint, that again we can only await the explanations until we shall know as we are known. THE PROMISED SON (Judges 13:0 ) Here is another theophany, for “the angel of the Lord” is none other than Jehovah Jesus. The beginning of this... read more
Samson Light and Shadow Judges 14-16 IT would be unjust to consider this as a finished picture of the man of strength. In all that we have said we have endeavoured to establish by good reasoning and clear reference. But it would be unjust to pronounce upon any life after merely looking at a few incidental points in its course. That is a danger to which all criticism is exposed. We are prone to look upon vivid incidents, and to omit all the great breadths and spaces of the daily life, and to... read more
"Handfuls of Purpose" For All Gleaners "And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him." Judges 16:20 . This is the saddest of all mental experience. It has its counterpart even in business and in professional life. There are men of business who suppose they are as competent and energetic as ever, whilst those who are looking on observe how great is the decay, and how lamentable the weakness. Men suppose themselves as capable as ever of giving advice in perplexity, yet when they come to... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Judges 16:15
16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, {h} I love thee, when thine heart [is] not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength [lieth].(h) For Samson used to say "I love you". read more