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Apr 29, 2016 · April 2016. Perhaps the most memorable event of Timnah recorded in the Bible is that of the affair between Samson and a Philistine woman. Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. (Judges 14:1 NET) Delilah, the most famous of Samson's three wives, is said to have lived in the Sorek Valley, but….
- Tamar on The Road to Timnah
- Interwoven Geography and Identity in Genesis 38
- Entangled Relationships: Tamar and The Unnamed Woman in Judges 14–15
- The Archaeological Discussion
- Iron Age Entanglements
The reader knows that the brothers are to blame for their own deaths, but Judah believes Tamar is to blame, a “fatal woman” (אשה קטלנית) somehow for the men. He therefore sends her back to her father’s house (wherever that is) ostensibly until his third child is grown, though in reality he has no intention of allowing the marriage to proceed (v. 11...
Tucked into the middle of this story is Timnah. It’s a place that’s easy to miss when we’re focused on the narrative action, but the city, mentioned three times in three verses, plays a key role in the story’s imagery and narrative logic; it is essential for creating the space for Tamar and Judah to come together (literally and figuratively) for th...
Timnah serves a similar function in the story of Samson (Judg 14–15), as a place where Israelites, non-Israelites, and non-descript locals can meet and interact: The characters then converge upon this location for a seven-day wedding feast that leads to a series of disputes between Samson and the locals that eventually precipitates his battle again...
Why would scribes use Timnah to reflect indeterminate spaces and the entanglement of people? Perhaps because Timnah, and the Shephelah more broadly, were remembered as indeterminate or mixed in terms of people and social groups in the Iron Age. This is supported by archaeological evidence regarding the Shephelah,which was an entangled area in terms...
The literary portrayals of Timnah in biblical narratives may be historically useful, pointing to a social landscape from the Iron Age that is confusing and uncertain from the outside scribal perspective. The ambiguity of Timnah and the characters linked with the site may reflect the confusion and entanglement of the region throughout the Iron Age. ...
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. Timnath. Genesis 38:12,13 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…
Chapter 66 Samson’s First Love [Judges 14.1-14.4] Scripture (KJV) Judges 14.1-4. 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to ...
Judges 14 : Samson's Riddle. 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines . 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me for a wife . 3 Then his father and his mother said to ...
Judges 14:1. ESV Samson went down to Timnah, and at Timnah he saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. NIV Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman. NASB Then Samson went down to Timnah, and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. CSB Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine ...
The Book of Shoftim (Judges): Chapter 14. 14:1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 14:2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
