Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

He let them go

Bible References

He let them go

Exodus 22:6
A fire starts and spreads into the underbrush so that it burns up stacked or standing grain or ruins a field. The person who started the fire must make up for the loss.
2 Samuel 14:30
Finally, Absalom told his servants: Joab's barley field is next to mine. Set it on fire! So they set it on fire.