Rashi on the Former Prophets

As He sought a pretext. An accusation with which to provoke a confrontation against them.

And discussed [lit. spoke with] the woman. He spoke of the woman with her relatives. This is Targum Yonasan's rendition.

A colony of bees. A beehive—a swarm of bees.

He dislodged it. This connotes the separation of an attached object. Similarly, with regard to a loaf attached to an oven, separation is described as "dislodging"— "If one dislodges a loaf from the oven," "If one dislodges his hive," as the honey is produced in wax combs attached to the walls of the hive in every area, extending from wall to wall along its circumference. Similarly, Targum Yonasan translates "He removed it."

His father descended to discuss the woman. With regard to the woman.

Friends. Companions who formed the retinue of wedding attendants.

It was on the seventh day of the week, but not the seventh of the feast. It was, rather, the fourth of the feast days.
Was it to impoverish us that you invited us here. Targum Yonasan renders: Was it to make us poor that you called us here?

The seven days. What remained of the seven days, after the fourth day.

Before sunset. Before the sun descended, as they still had time until nightfall.
Plowed with my calf. This is allegorical—if you had not questioned my wife.

The Divine spirit. A spirit of power, Divinely inspired.
Their garments. The garments which he had stripped from them.

To a Friend. To one of the wedding attendants.