Reading for December 29th

Read Judges 15.1-8
In verses 1-8: Samson's revenge.
In verse 1: This may have been a form of marriage in which the woman continued to live with her parents.
In verse 2: That he rejected her (divorced her) was a reasonable conclusion in light of 14.19.
Ancient readers would have seen the offer of her younger sister as a sensible compromise.
In verse 4: The foxes are a way of spreading the fire widely and quickly.
In verse 6: This was precisely the fate Samson's wife had hoped to avoid (14.15).
In verse 8: The meaning of hip and thigh is uncertain, but implies ferocious physical combat.
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