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The Foxes—Jdg_15:1-7 Samson did not see his wife on his return to Timnath from Askelon, but went straight home to Zorah, when he had paid his forfeit. This is usually attributed simply to his resentment. But pondering lately, with deep admiration, upon the masterly picture which the chief of poets has drawn of the self-consciousness … Continue reading ““201. THE FOXES—JUDGES 15:1-7””

The Jaw-Bone and Gate—Jdg_15:1 to Jdg_16:3 The fact that the people of Judah, in whose tribe Samson afterwards found a retreat in a cleft or cavern of some unknown rock then called Etam, actually delivered him up bound at the demand of the Philistines; and the anxiety they feel and express lest these proud heathen … Continue reading ““202. THE JAW-BONE AND GATE—JUDGES 15:1-16:3””

The Nazarite—Judges 13 There is no judge in Israel whose history is so fully related as that of Samson. It occupies four of the twenty chapters which compose the book of Judges. It is full of striking and marvellous incidents, arising from the great physical strength and the great moral weakness of the hero—mixed up … Continue reading ““198. THE NAZARITE—JUDGES 13””

The Lion—Jdg_14:1-10 After Moses, the only eminent persons of the Old Testament whom we are permitted to know from their birth, are Samson, Samuel, and Solomon. Of the three the early life of Samuel is the best known. Of that of Samson we only know—and it is much to know—that “the child grew, and the … Continue reading ““199. THE LION—JUDGES 14:1-10””

A Parable—Jdg_9:8-16 It seems to us very probable that one cause of the ill-success of Abimelech’s attempt to establish a kingdom, lay in the general abhorrence at the deed which he committed when he had secured the adhesion of the men of Shechem. Attended by the unprincipled men he had attached to his person, he … Continue reading ““196. A PARABLE—JUDGES 9:8-16””

Jephthah—Judges 10 The next defection of the Israelites into idolatry was very grievous. The tribes in the different districts seem to have adopted the worship of the nearest heathen nations on their borders. For this they were subject to a twofold oppression; for, while the Philistines afflicted the south, the Ammonite oppressed the tribes beyond … Continue reading ““197. JEPHTHAH—JUDGES 10””

Friday, The Stratagem—Jdg_7:16 to Jdg_8:17 Among all the stratagems in ancient military history, which abounds in stratagems—in the entire volume of instances collected by Polynaeus—we find none so remarkable as that to which Gideon resorted, or having the slightest resemblance to it. The device strongly manifests that faculty of inventiveness which appears to have been … Continue reading ““193. FRIDAY, THE STRATAGEM—JUDGES 7:16-8:17””

A King—Judges 9 The history of the Israelites exhibits one peculiarity which does not seem to have been duly noticed. Nothing is more frequent in both ancient and modern history than the real or alleged ingratitude of the people to those who have rendered them signal services. The histories of Greece and Rome teem with … Continue reading ““194. A KING—JUDGES 9””

Judges 9-16 : Twenty-Fifth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Baal—Jdg_6:24-32 We now become acquainted, as it were incidentally, with the lamentable fact, that the worship of the gods of the heathen was freely practised in Israel, and that among the very family from which the appointed deliverer was chosen. We have been told this in general terms before; but it is now that we … Continue reading ““191. BAAL—JUDGES 6:24-32””