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Themes in Judges 15

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Themes in Judges 15

Judges 15:1 (show verse)

But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid. And he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber, but her father would not allow him to go in.

Goat » The young of » Given as a present
Samson » Wife of, estranged

Judges 15:2 (show verse)

And her father said, I truly thought that thou had utterly hated her, therefore I gave her to thy companion. Is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

Samson » Wife of, estranged

Judges 15:3 (show verse)

And Samson said to them, This time I shall be blameless in regard of the Philistines when I do them a mischief.

Philistines » Samson » Burned vineyards, &c of
Samson » Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

Judges 15:4 (show verse)

And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

Animals » Names of » Foxes
Arson » Instances of » By samson
Fire » Characterized as » Consuming
Firebrand » Used by samson
Fox » Samson uses, to burn the field of the philistines
Foxes » Abounded in palestine
Foxes » Used by samson for annoying the philistines
Philistines » Samson » Burned vineyards, &c of
Samson » A life of contrasts » Childish in his plans
Samson » Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

Judges 15:5 (show verse)

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

Arson » Instances of » By samson
Corn » Shocks of, burnt
Fire » Characterized as » Consuming
Foxes » Used by samson for annoying the philistines
Grape » Cultivated in vineyards » By the philistines
Philistines » Samson » Burned vineyards, &c of
Samson » Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

Judges 15:6 (show verse)

Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

Foxes » Used by samson for annoying the philistines
Samson » Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife
Timnath » Home of samson's wife

Judges 15:7 (show verse)

And Samson said to them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

Philistines » Samson » Slew many for burning his wife
Retaliation » Examples of
Revenge » Exemplified
Revenge » Exemplified » By samson
Samson » His great strength
Samson » Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

Judges 15:8 (show verse)

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Etam » A rock where samson was bound and delivered to the philistines
Philistines » Samson » Slew many for burning his wife
Revenge » Exemplified » By samson
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Etam
Samson » His great strength
Samson » Is avenged for the estrangement of his wife

Judges 15:9 (show verse)

Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson » His great strength

Judges 15:10 (show verse)

And the men of Judah said, Why have ye come up against us? And they said, We come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.

Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson » His great strength

Judges 15:11 (show verse)

Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that thou have done to us? And he said to them, As they did t

Etam » A rock where samson was bound and delivered to the philistines
Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson » His great strength
Samson » A life of contrasts » Yet courageous in battle

Judges 15:12 (show verse)

And they said to him, We have come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

Judges 15:13 (show verse)

And they spoke to him, saying, No, but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand, but truly we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

Cord » Ancient uses of » Binding prisoners
Cords » Cords
Etam » A rock where samson was bound and delivered to the philistines
Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson » His great strength
Samson » A life of contrasts » Yet courageous in battle
Samson » Kills one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey

Judges 15:14 (show verse)

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson » A life of contrasts » Spiritual at times
Samson » His great strength
Samson » A life of contrasts » Yet courageous in battle
Samson » Kills one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey

Judges 15:15 (show verse)

And he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men with it.

Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Jawbone of, used by samson with which to kill philistines
Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Samson » Philistines killed
Philistines » Samson » Slew a thousand with the jawbone of an ass
Power » Small things God uses » A jaw-bone
Samson » Kills one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Weak » Instrumentalities » A jaw-bone

Judges 15:16 (show verse)

And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have smitten a thousand men.

Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Jawbone of, used by samson with which to kill philistines
Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Philistines » Samson » Slew a thousand with the jawbone of an ass
Samson » Kills one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey

Judges 15:17 (show verse)

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand. And that place was called Ramath-lehi.

Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Jawbone of, used by samson with which to kill philistines
Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Ramath-lehi » The place where samson killed one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson » Kills one-thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey

Judges 15:18 (show verse)

And he was very thirsty, and called on LORD, and said, Thou have given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised.

Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Prayer, answers to » Samson
Samson » Miraculously supplied with water

Judges 15:19 (show verse)

But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out there. And when he had drunk his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » A thousand men slain by samson with a jaw-bone of
Domestic Donkeys » Miracles connected with » Water brought from the jaw-bone of
En-hakkore » A spring, miraculously supplied to samson
Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
Miracles » Catalogue of » Samson supplied with water
Prayer, answers to » Samson
Samson » Miraculously supplied with water
Water » -of feet -of hands » For drinking
Water » Miracles connected with » Brought from the jaw-bone of an ass
Water » Miraculously supplied » To samson

Judges 15:20 (show verse)

And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

Israel » Under the judges » Led » Samson » 20 years