18 - Bible Commentary | Karuna Sadan

In Judah God is known (Psalm 76:1 NKJV)

Judah (or Yehudah in Hebrew) was the fourth son of Jacob, one of whose descendants was to be the Messiah (Genesis 29:35; 49:8–12)

Interestingly the meaning of Judah means ‘praise’. In Judah (praise) God is known or revealed.

God is honored in Judah (Psalm 76:1 NLT)

God is honored when we praise Him.

In Salem (peace) also is His tabernacle, (dwelling place)

And His dwelling place in Zion. (heaven) (Psalm 76:2)

Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them;

Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared. (Psalm 76:11)

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it;

For He has no pleasure in fools.

Pay what you have vowed—

Better not to vow than to vow and not pay. (Ecclesiastes 5:3-5)

The Power of a Vow

1 The king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South, heard that Israel was coming on the road to Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoners.

2 So Israel made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities."

3 And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of that place was called Hormah. (Numbers 21:1-3)

Samson was being loose and not serious about his commitment /Vow to the Lord

After some time, when he returned to get her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion. And behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the carcass of the lion. He took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they also ate. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion. (Judges 14:8-9)

When Samson gathered honey from the dead carcass of a lion, he expressly violated his Nazarite vow, which stipulated that a Nazirite should never touch a dead body (Numbers 6:6-7). In handling the lion’s corpse, Samson has now become ceremonially unclean and defiled before God.

Chapter 76