THEOSISPhilaret of Moscow (Drosdow)
It is likely that during this period, Sampson was able to atone for his past mistakes through genuine repentance. His physical strength increased as his hair began to regrow.
Judges 16:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And now his hair began to grow again,
וַיָּ֧חֶל שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ לְצַמֵּ֖חַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר גֻּלָּֽח׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 107 (106):13
- Ps 107 (106):14
- Ps 106 (105):44
- Ps 106 (105):45
- Lev 26:44And yet for all that when they were in the land of their enemies, I did not cast them off altogether. Neither did I so despise them that they should be quite consumed: and I should make void my covenant with them. For I am the Lord their God.
- Deut 32:36The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants: he shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.