But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
His hair grew back, a sign that God accepted him again as a Nazarite after his repentance, extraordinary and deliberate. The Philistines, confident in his blindness, never guarded against it, little knowing God was preparing him to strike one final blow for the honour of his name and the ruin of His enemies.
AI summary
Commenting on Judges 16:22-31
Howbeit, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. It began to grow immediately no doubt, as it naturally would do; but it is highly probable it grew in an extraordinary manner, and in a short time became as when it was shaved (n), as it may be rendered, and upon which his strength was renewed; not that his strength...
THE PHILISTINES TOOK HIM AND PUT OUT HIS EYES. (Jdg 16:21-22) the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes--To this cruel privation prisoners of rank and consequence have commonly been subjected in the East. The punishment is inflicted in various ways, by scooping out the eyeballs, by piercing the eye, or destroying the sight by holding a red-hot iron before the eyes.
Commenting on Judges 16:21-22