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Judges 14:1

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

KJV

Descendit ergo Samson in Thamnatha : vidensque ibi mulierem de filiabus Philisthiim,

Vulgate

Καὶ κατέβη Σαμψὼν εἰς Θαμνάθα, καὶ εἶδεν γυναῖκα εἰς Θαμνάθα ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων τῶν ἀλλοφύλων.

LXX

And Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן תִּמְנָ֑תָ/ה וַ/יַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה בְּ/תִמְנָ֖תָ/ה מִ/בְּנ֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
ה
h
proper_noun · 12×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
shmshvn
proper_noun · 38×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Joshua's conquest of Canaan (the crossing of the Jordan, fall of Jericho, the allotment of the land) and the period of the Judges (Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson). Josephus follows the biblical narrative closely while harmonizing chronological difficulties.

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • Gen 34:2 — And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
  • Gen 38:12 — And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
  • Josh 15:10 — And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timn
  • Josh 15:10 — And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timn
  • Josh 19:43 — And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
  • Ps 119:37 — Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.