Judges 15:1 Meaning and Explanation
“But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.”
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Read Full Chapter →After his anger has cooled, Samson returns to reconcile with his Philistine wife, bringing a young goat as a gift, but her father bars the door.
What Does Judges 15:1 Mean?
The chapter opens at the wheat harvest, sometime after Samson left his wedding feast in fury (chapter 14). He comes back carrying a kid, a customary gift, expecting to be received as a husband. The father, however, refuses to let him enter the bridal chamber, having already acted behind Samson's back.
A gesture of peace meets a closed door, and from this small refusal a flood of consequences follows. Scripture often shows how a single broken trust can set great trouble in motion. Yet even here, where human dealings are tangled and bitter, God is quietly working His purpose to deliver Israel from Philistine power, weaving His larger plan through the failures of people.
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What does Judges 15:1 mean?
After his anger has cooled, Samson returns to reconcile with his Philistine wife, bringing a young goat as a gift, but her father bars the door.