Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 14:7
And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
7. Samson acts on his own account; the parents remain at home, and take no part in the arrangements.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 7. And talked with the woman] That is, concerning marriage; thus forming the espousals.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
7. he went down, and talked with thewomanThe social intercourse between the youth of differentsexes is extremely rare and limited in the East, and generally soafter they are betrothed.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And he went down, and talked with the woman,…. Entered into a conversation with her, that he might the better judge of her other qualifications, besides that of outward form and beauty, whether she would be a suitable yoke fellow for him; and he talked with her about marriage, and proposed it to her, or talked about her to her father and near relations; and, as the Targum expresses it, asked the woman, not only asked of her consent, but demanded her of her friends: it may refer, as Abarbinel observes, to his father, that he went down and talked with the woman and with her relations about her, concerning the affair of his son’s marriage with her:
and she pleased Samson well; he liked her conversation as well as her person, and the more he conversed with her, the more agreeable she was to him, and the more desirous he was to marry her. Though some observe from hence, that she did not please the father of Samson as himself; so Abarbinel.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
When he came to Timnath he talked with the girl, and she pleased him. He had only seen her before (Jdg 14:1); but now that his parents had asked for her, he talked with her, and found the first impression that he had received of her fully confirmed.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(7) Talked with the woman.His father and mother seem to have preceded him, and made the betrothal arrangements; otherwise he would not have been allowed by Eastern custom to talk with her. It cannot mean talked about the woman, as Rosenmller says.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
7. Talked with the woman He had only seen her before, (Jdg 14:1,) but found no opportunity to talk with her till the betrothal was arranged by his parents.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ And he went down, and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well.’
Further acquaintance with the Philistine woman confirmed his good first impressions. He was satisfied that she would make him a good wife. The fact that he did this prior to his marriage suggests that they had had previous contact. At this stage they presumably became betrothed, which would be why his father and mother had gone to see her and her parents. This might all be seen as further confirming that she had an interest in Israel’s God.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
There is a beautiful instruction veiled under this. The honey in the carcase of the savage, may not unaptly represent the benefits which result to believers from Adam’s fall, and the momentary triumphs of Satan. As no one would expect to find anything good in the carcase of a lion, so no one would suppose the Lord should, in the after stages of our warfare, bring good out of evil. But so it is: the malice of Satan ultimately produces glory to God, and good to his tried ones. It affords sweet food, the victories of our Jesus. And the trials must he among the all things which work together for good to them that love God. Let every tried soul think of this. Rom 8:28 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jdg 14:7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
Ver. 7. And he went down, and talked with the woman. ] Treated with her about the marriage, and perhaps was contracted to her; for that also was in use amongst the heathens.
“ Placuit despondi, nuptiis hic dictus est dies. ” – Terent.
The Hebrews say that Samson converted her to the true religion by this conference; but that is uncertain.