Judges 14:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

Judges 14:10 —

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Cross-References

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Matthew 22:2-4
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, …
Revelation 19:9
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Genesis 29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Esther 1:7-22
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold,(the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-20)

We have here an account of Samson’s wedding feast and the occasion it gave him to fall foul upon the Philistines. I. Samson conformed to the custom of the country in making a festival of his nuptial solemnities, which continued seven days, Jdg. 13:10. Though he was a Nazarite, he did not affect, in a thing of this nature, to be singular, but did as the young men used to do upon such occasions. It…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10-11. his father went down--The father is mentioned as the head and representative of Samson’s relatives. Samson made there a feast--The wedding festivity lasted a week. The men and women were probably entertained in separate apartments--the bride, with her female relatives, at her parents’ house; Samson, in some place obtained for the occasion, as he was a stranger. A large number of paranymphs,…