Judges 15:6

"When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves."

Key Reflection

In Judges 15:6, Samson's act of setting fire to the Philistine crops and olive groves symbolizes his divine anger and judgment against the Philistines for their treatment of his wife. This action foreshadows the larger narrative of God using Samson as an instrument of divine retribution, even as it highlights the destructive consequences of his actions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

burnt her and her father -Out of revenge on Samson’s nearest relations; or, as others think, as an act of justice in favor of Samson, and in hope of pacifying his anger. Burning was the punishment for adultery and kindred crimes among the JewsGenesis 38:24;Leviticus 20:14;Leviticus 21:9. Samson’s wife brought upon herself the very punishment which she sought to escape by betraying her husbandJudges 14:15.

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