Thematic Bible
Judges 15:1 (show verse)
And it came to pass, after a time, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson went to visit his wife, with a kid, and he said - I will go in unto my wife, in the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
Judges 15:2 (show verse)
And her father said - I, thought, that thou didst, hate, her, so I gave her to thy companion, - Is not, her younger sister, fairer than she? Pray let her be thine, in her stead.
Judges 15:3 (show verse)
And Samson said of them, I shall be more blameless, this time, than the Philistines, - though I should do them a mischief.
Judges 15:4 (show verse)
So Samson went, and caught three hundred jackals, - and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between the two tails, in the midst.
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
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 fire to the torches, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, - and set fire, both to the stack of sheaves and to the standing corn, and besides to the olive plantation.
Judges 15:6 (show verse)
Then said the Philistines - Who hath done this? And they said - Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father, with fire.
Judges 15:7 (show verse)
And Samson said to them, Though ye do the like of this, yet will I be avenged upon you, and, afterwards, will I cease.
Judges 15:8 (show verse)
So he smote them, leg on thigh, with a great smiting, - and went down and dwelt in a cleft of the crag Etam.
Judges 15:9 (show verse)
Then went up the Philistines, and encamped in Judah, - and were spread abroad in Lehi.
Judges 15:10 (show verse)
And the men of Judah said, Wherefore have ye come up against us? And they said - To bind Samson, are we come up, to do unto him as he hath done unto us.
Judges 15:11 (show verse)
Then went down three thousand men out of Judah, unto the cleft of the crag Etam, and said unto Samson - Knowest thou not that the Philistines are lording it over us? What, then, is this thou hast done to us? And he said unto them, As they have done to me, so, have I done to them.
Judges 15:12 (show verse)
And they said to him - To bind thee, are we come down, to 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 answered him, saying - Nay; but we will, bind, thee, and deliver thee into their hand, but we will not, put thee to death. So they bound him with two new ropes, and took him up from the crag.
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
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)
He, was coming in as far as Lehi, and, the Philistines, came shouting to meet him, - when the Spirit of Yahweh came suddenly over him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as threads of flax which have been ignited with fire, so that his bonds melted 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
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)
Then found he the jawbone of an ass newly-slain, - so he thrust forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith, 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
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
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 an ass, - have I piled them up in heaps! With the jawbone of an ass, have I 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
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 called the name of that place, 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
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 sore athirst, so he cried unto Yahweh, and said, Thou thyself, hast given, into the hand of thy servant, this great salvation, - and, now, must I die of thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
Judges 15:19 (show verse)
So then God clave open the hollow that is in Lehi, and there came therefrom water, and he drank, and his spirit came back, and he revived, - for this cause, called he the name thereof - Ain-hakkore, which is in Lehi, until 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
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.