Under what circumstances did Samson afterwards visit his wife, and what reception did he meet with? N. B, The kid was probably brought in token of reconciliation; for there is no evidence that he had before designed to repudiate his wife.
Why did he not consent to take the second daughter? Lev. 18. 18.
What did Samson say on this occasion? N.B. He no doubt meant that this was a just occasion for the commencement of public hostilities against the Philistines.
What singular method did he adopt to executehis purpose? N. B. It appears from other passages that foxes were very numerous in Judea, and there is no necessity for us to suppose that Samson caught them all unassisted. Their tails being fastened together would hinder them from escaping from each other, leaping over fences, and running into the woods ; and would also cause them to go slower, by which means the fire would be the more destructive. He might indeed have fired their cornfields with his own hand, but the meanness and weakness of the instrument employed, put a signal contempt upon the enemies he fought against, and shewed them how completely he could overmatch their own foxlike cunning, and hold it up to ridicule, at the same time that he avenged his wrongs.
How did the Philistines retaliate this injury?
Did his wife thus bring upon herself the very doom which she sought to escape by treachery? ch. 14. 15.
Did Samson, notwithstanding this, threaten to punish the Philistines, and how did he do it?
What was the consequence? N. B. This place is here called Lehi by anticipation, for that name was not given it until after the slaughter which occurred there.
What base and ignoble part did the men of Judah act on this occasion, and what stipulation did Samson make with them?
Was this circumstance typical of one somewhat similar in the history of Christ? John 18. 1—9.
What did they do with him, and what took place when he came into the camp of the Philistines?
What did he do hereupon, and what was his language in reference to the exploit? N.B. Ramiith-Lehi, the name thence given to the place signifies either, the lifting up, or the casting away, of the jaw-bone.
What did he say under the pressure of extreme thirst, and how was it relieved? N. B. It has been suggested, not improbaably, that his distress on this occasion may have been designed as a rebuke for his not having so directly ascribed his recent victory to the hand of God, as to his own. As Lehi means yaw, there is no good reason to believe that the “hollow place” was cloven jn the bone, but some cavity m the earth on the spot called Lehi, was miraculously opened and sent forth a refreshing stream of water, which thence forward continued to flow, and the spring was called En Hakkor, the well of him that cried or prayed.
In what capacity did Samson act after this, and for how long a time?
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