“Revenge is a dish best served with a donkey’s jawbone and 300 burning foxes”

[Read Judges 15]

• Why might Samson still think (or want to) that all was well with his “wife” after activities at the end of chapter 14?
• 300 foxes?! What’s up with that?!
• What’s the significance of loosing them in the fields and vineyards?
• How is verse 6 ironic?
• When the Philistines went up to Judah, why didn’t they just go to war with Israel? They obviously had greater numbers, better weapons and battle knowledge. Not to mention that at this point in history, Israel lay trampled beneath Philistine boots. So why not finish them off and be done with it?
• Taking the metaphor that Israel = Church and the Philistines = the world. What do the questions posed by the Israelites in verses 10 and 11 tell us?
• So again, we find Israel back at the bottom of the spiral, in a similar place to Judges 1:1-20. They are more concerned with just getting along then doing what’s right. They are anxious to live and let live and would rather bind and betray their saviour then have him upset the balance. What does this point us towards?
• Here we have the 3rd time that “the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson” and again it’s for questionable effect. The “unusual” choice of weapon tells us stuff. What?
• At the end of this chapter we see some very interesting things. What are they?
• What does this story tell us about revenge?