Missing TSK verse reference?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (TSK) compiled by Thomas Blayney and published in 1836, Judges 14:7 has no cross-references assigned to it.
When looking up chapter 14 in a classic TSK index, the entries jump straight from verse 6 over to verse 8.
Judges 14:7 reads: "Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well." Because this verse serves purely as a brief narrative transition to show that Samson continued his conversation and remained happy with his choice, the original compilers simply found no unique doctrinal links or matching historic parallels to explicitly cross-reference.
Why this gap?
The TSK was built from references found in Thomas Scott's Commentary. Scott's commentary on Judges 14 discusses the verse but apparently didn't highlight any key phrases that the original compilers (Blayney) thought warranted cross-referencing. The phrase "she pleased Samson well" is essentially a narrative bridge verse — Samson meets the woman and confirms his attraction — so the TSK compilers may have seen it as self-explanatory or lacking a distinctive theological or doctrinal phrase to key on.
What it means for study:
Judges 14:7 is the moment Samson's lust of the eyes (1 John 2:16) becomes action — he goes down, talks to her, and she is "right in his eyes." The absence of TSK cross-refs on this verse is a well-known blind spot. If you're studying it, you'd need to look to other resources (commentaries, thematic cross-refs) rather than the TSK for connections to parallel passages about self-guided choices, lust of the eyes, or marrying outside the covenant.
When looking up chapter 14 in a classic TSK index, the entries jump straight from verse 6 over to verse 8.
Judges 14:7 reads: "Then he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well." Because this verse serves purely as a brief narrative transition to show that Samson continued his conversation and remained happy with his choice, the original compilers simply found no unique doctrinal links or matching historic parallels to explicitly cross-reference.
Why this gap?
The TSK was built from references found in Thomas Scott's Commentary. Scott's commentary on Judges 14 discusses the verse but apparently didn't highlight any key phrases that the original compilers (Blayney) thought warranted cross-referencing. The phrase "she pleased Samson well" is essentially a narrative bridge verse — Samson meets the woman and confirms his attraction — so the TSK compilers may have seen it as self-explanatory or lacking a distinctive theological or doctrinal phrase to key on.
What it means for study:
Judges 14:7 is the moment Samson's lust of the eyes (1 John 2:16) becomes action — he goes down, talks to her, and she is "right in his eyes." The absence of TSK cross-refs on this verse is a well-known blind spot. If you're studying it, you'd need to look to other resources (commentaries, thematic cross-refs) rather than the TSK for connections to parallel passages about self-guided choices, lust of the eyes, or marrying outside the covenant.
The thematic cross-references the TSK should have had
If you want to build your own chain for this verse:- "Right in his own eyes" → Judg 17:6; 21:25 (the book's refrain); Prov 12:15; 14:12; 16:25
- Marrying outside the covenant → Deut 7:3–4; 1 Kgs 11:2; Ezra 9:14; 2 Cor 6:14
- Lust of the eyes / sight-guided choice → Gen 3:6; 1 John 2:16; Job 31:1
- Samson's pattern of "going down" → Judg 14:1, 5, 7, 10, 19; cf. 16:1 (Gaza), 16:4 (Sorek)