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Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Father. Thus they met with the fate which the woman had endeavoured to avoid, by an infidelity to her husband. Salien.—The princes of the Philistines acknowledged the wrong which had been done to Samson, and thus testify their abhorrence of adultery. Calmet.—Some Hebrew MSS. confirm the Septuagint Ar. and Syr. versions; and instead of “her father with her,” read, “and her father’s house,” (Kennicott) or all his family.
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