Arson

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• General scriptures concerningPsalms 74:7Psalms 74:8
• Law concerningExodus 22:6
• INSTANCES OF
• By SamsonJudges 15:4Judges 15:5
• By Absalom2 Samuel 14:30
• By Zimri1 Kings 16:18

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 22:6

   If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:62 voices

   “The very parched state of the herbage and the long droughts of summer, make the kindling of a fire an operation often dangerous, and always requiring caution from its liability to spread rapidly. stacks--or as it is rendered "shocks" (Jud 15:5; Job 5:26), means simply a bundle of loose sheaves.

   “If fire break out,....

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2. Judges 15:4

   Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

   ›Commentary on Judges 15:42 voices

   “And it must be allowed, that the God who made the world, and by his singular providence watched over Israel, and intended them deliverance at this time, could easily dispose things so that they might be taken.

   “Wherefore he took three hundred foxes, and in the heat of summer, when the corn was now ripe in the fields, he tied them together two and two by the tails, and fastened a burning firebrand between them, binding it with a firm knot, and by way of avenging his wrong turned them loose among the sheaves which the Philistines had cut. But the foxes, terrified by the fire, scattered flames whichever way they turned, and burnt the harvest.

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3. Judges 15:5

   Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

   ›Commentary on Judges 15:52 voices

   “Wherefore he took three hundred foxes, and in the heat of summer, when the corn was now ripe in the fields, he tied them together two and two by the tails, and fastened a burning firebrand between them, binding it with a firm knot, and by way of avenging his wrong turned them loose among the sheaves which the Philistines had cut. But the foxes, terrified by the fire, scattered flames whichever way they turned, and burnt the harvest.

   “And when he had set the brands on fire,....

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4. 2 Samuel 14:30

   Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:302 voices

   “Therefore he said unto his servants,....

   “Go and set it on fire - This was strange conduct, but it had the desired effect. He had not used his influence to get Absalom to court; now he uses it, and succeeds. Additional observations on 2Sa 14:26: - “And at every year’s end, he (Absalom) polled his head; and he weighed the hair at two hundred shekels.” The very learned Bochart has written a dissertation on this subject (vide Bocharti Opera, vol. iii., col. 883, edit. Lugd. 1692) in a letter to his friend M. Faukell. I shall give the substance in what follows.

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5. 1 Kings 16:18

   When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he entered the citadel of the royal palace and burned it down upon himself. So he died

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 16:182 voices

   “Zimri soon saw that he was not in circumstances to hold out against all the forces of the kingdom; so, shutting himself up in the palace, he set it on fire, and, like Sardanapalus, chose to perish himself and reduce all to ruin, rather than that the palace and royal treasures should fall into the hands of his successful rival.

   “And it came to pass, that when Zimri saw that the city was taken,....

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6. Psalms 74:7

   They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.

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   “Ver. 7. They have cast fire into thy sanctuary. Axes and hammers were not sufficient for the purpose of the destroyers, they must needs try fire. Malice knows no bounds. Those who hate God are never sparing of the most cruel weapons. To this day the enmity of the human heart is quite as great as ever; and, if providence did not restrain, the saints would still be as fuel for the flames. They have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

   “They have cast fire into thy sanctuary,....

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7. Psalms 74:8

   They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely.” They burned down every place where God met us in the land.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 74:82 voices

   “Ver. 8. They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together. It was no idle wish, their cruelty was sincere, deep seated, a matter of their inmost heart. Extirpation was the desire of Haman, and the aim of many another tyrant; not a remnant of the people of God would have been left if oppressors could have had their way. Pharaoh's policy to stamp out the nation has been a precedent for others, yet the Jews survive, and will: the bush though burning has not been consumed.

   “Destroy them - All at once. So they intended, although afterwards they changed their council, and carried some away captive. Burnt up - All the public places wherein the Jews used to meet together to worship God every sabbath-day.

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