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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Judges 14:19 - 14:19
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Jdg 14:19, Jdg 14:20. He slays thirty Philistines.
went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them - This town was about twenty-four miles west by southwest from Timnah; and his selection of this place, which was dictated by the Divine Spirit, was probably owing to its bitter hostility to Israel.
took their spoil - The custom of stripping a slain enemy was unknown in Hebrew warfare.