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Legacy Standard Bible

Judges 14:1

Toe Simson afgegaan het na Timna, sien hy in Timna 'n vrou uit die dogters van die Filistyne;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Samson;   Timnath;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courtship;   Home;   Love;   Samson;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Timnah, Timnath, and Thimnathah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Dan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Samson;   Timnah;   Timnath;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dan (1);   Timnah;   Zorah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Timnah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Levi;   Marriage;   Philistines;   Samson;   Timnah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Timnath ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Timnath;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Tim'nah;   Tim'nathah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Marriage;   Timnah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judah, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there.
Hebrew Names Version
Shimshon went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Pelishtim.
King James Version
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Lexham English Bible
And Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines.
English Standard Version
Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
New Century Version
Samson went down to the city of Timnah where he saw a Philistine woman.
New English Translation
Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye.
Amplified Bible
Samson went down to Timnah and at Timnah he saw a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
New American Standard Bible
Then Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Nowe Samson went downe to Timnath, and saw a woma in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistims,
Contemporary English Version
One day, Samson went to Timnah, where he saw a Philistine woman.
Complete Jewish Bible
Shimshon went down to Timnah, and in Timnah he saw a woman who was one of the P'lishtim.
Darby Translation
And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Easy-to-Read Version
Samson went down to the city of Timnah. He saw a young Philistine woman there.
George Lamsa Translation
AND Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
Good News Translation
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he noticed a certain young Philistine woman.
Literal Translation
And Samson went down to Timnath and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Samson wente downe vnto Thimnath, & there he sawe a woman amoge the doughters of ye Philistynes.
American Standard Version
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Bible in Basic English
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Samson went downe to Thamnath, and sawe a woma in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
King James Version (1611)
And Samson went down to Timnath, and sawe a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines.
English Revised Version
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Berean Standard Bible
One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Sampson yede doun in to Thannatha, and he siy there a womman of `the douytris of Filisteis;
Young's Literal Translation
And Samson goeth down to Timnath, and seeth a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
Update Bible Version
And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
World English Bible
Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
New King James Version
Now Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.
New Living Translation
One day when Samson was in Timnah, one of the Philistine women caught his eye.
New Life Bible
Samson went down to Timnah. There he saw a woman, one of the daughters of the Philistines.
New Revised Standard
Once Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw a Philistine woman.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Samson went down to Timnath, - and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Samson went down to Thamnatha, and seeing there a woman of the daughters of the Philistines,
Revised Standard Version
Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines.
THE MESSAGE
Samson went down to Timnah. There in Timnah a woman caught his eye, a Philistine girl. He came back and told his father and mother, "I saw a woman in Timnah, a Philistine girl; get her for me as my wife."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.

Contextual Overview

1 Toe Simson afgegaan het na Timna, sien hy in Timna 'n vrou uit die dogters van die Filistyne; 2 en hy het opgegaan en dit aan sy vader en sy moeder vertel en gesê: Ek het 'n vrou uit die dogters van die Filistyne in Timna gesien; neem haar dan nou as vrou vir my. 3 Maar sy vader en sy moeder sê vir hom: Is daar onder die dogters van jou broers en onder my hele volk nie 'n vrou, dat jy heengaan om 'n vrou uit die Filistyne, die onbesnedenes, te neem nie? En Simson sê aan sy vader: Neem haar vir my, want sy geval my. 4 Maar sy vader en sy moeder het nie geweet dat dit van die HERE kom nie; want hy het rede gesoek teen die Filistyne; in dié tyd naamlik het die Filistyne oor Israel geheers. 5 En Simson het met sy vader en sy moeder afgegaan na Timna; en toe hulle by die wingerde van Timna kom, storm daar 'n jong leeu brullende op hom af. 6 Maar die Gees van die HERE het oor hom vaardig geword; en hy het dit verskeur soos 'n mens 'n bokkie verskeur sonder dat daar iets in sy hand was; maar hy het sy vader en sy moeder nie vertel wat hy gedoen het nie. 7 Toe gaan hy af en praat met die vrou; en sy het Simson geval. 8 En 'n tyd daarna het hy teruggegaan om haar te gaan haal; en toe hy uitdraai om na die dooie leeu te kyk, was daar 'n swerm bye in die dooie liggaam van die leeu, en heuning. 9 En hy het dit uitgehaal in sy hande en aldeur geloop en eet, en na sy vader en sy moeder gegaan en aan hulle gegee; en hulle het geëet, maar dat hy die heuning uit die dooie liggaam van die leeu uitgehaal het, vertel hy hulle nie.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Timnath: Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:13, Joshua 15:10, Joshua 19:43, aw, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 34:1, Genesis 34:2, 2 Samuel 11:2, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, 1 John 2:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 49:17 - shall be 2 Chronicles 28:18 - Timnah Ezekiel 25:15 - to destroy

Cross-References

Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
Genesis 11:2
And it happened as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
Isaiah 11:11
Then it will be in that day, that the LordWill again acquire the second time with His handThe remnant of His people, who will remain,From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath,And from the coastlands of the sea.
Isaiah 21:2
A harsh vision has been declared to me;The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.
Isaiah 22:6
Now Elam took up the quiverWith the chariots, infantry, and horsemen;And Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 37:12
Did the gods of those nations, which my fathers have brought to ruin, deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
Jeremiah 25:25
and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media,
Ezekiel 32:24
"Elam is there and all her multitude all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who put their terror in the land of the living and bore their dishonor with those who went down to the pit.
Zechariah 5:11
Then he said to me, "To build a house for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Samson went down to Timnath,.... A city which by lot fell to the tribe of Judah, but was afterwards given to the tribe of Dan, and now in the hands of the Philistines,

Joshua 15:57. Judah is said to go up to it, because the place where he lived lay below it, Genesis 38:13, but Samson is said to go down to it, because he lived above it. The Jews t differ about the reconciliation of these two places; some say there were two of this name, the one is a descent, and the other is an ascent; others say there was but one, so situated, that they that came to it on one side ascended, and they that came to it on the other side descended. Bochart u approves of the former. According to Bunting w, this was twelve miles from Eshtaol, where Samson lived:

and saw a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; who at this time dwelt there; he saw no doubt many other women besides her, but he took special notice of her, and entertained a particular affection for her; or, in other words, on sight of her fell in love with her.

t T. Bab. Sotah, fol. 10. 1. u IIierozoic. par. 1. l. 3. c. 4. col. 763, 764. w Travels, &c. p. 115.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Timnath - See Joshua 15:10 and note. It was below Zorah Judges 13:2, about three miles S. W. of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIV

Samson marries a wife of the Philistines, 1-4.

Slays a young lion at Timnath, in the carcass of which he

afterwards finds a swarm of bees, 5-9.

He makes a feast; they appoint him thirty companions, to whom

he puts forth a riddle, which they cannot expound, 10-14.

They entice his wife to get the interpretation from him; she

succeeds, informs them, and they tell the explanation, 15-18.

He is incensed, and slays thirty of the Philistines, 19, 20.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse Judges 14:1. Went down to Timnath — A frontier town of the Philistines, at the beginning of the lands belonging to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:57; but afterwards given up to Dan, Joshua 19:43. David took this place from the Philistines, but they again got possession of it in the reign of Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:18.


 
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