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Themes in Judges 15

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Themes in Judges 15

Judges 15:1 (show verse)

After a while, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a {young goat}. He said, "I want to go to my wife's private room." But her father would not allow him to enter.

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

Judges 15:2 (show verse)

Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her, so I gave her to your companion. [Is] not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, {take her instead}."

Samson » Wife of, estranged

Judges 15:3 (show verse)

And Samson said to them, "This time, as far as the Philistines are concerned, when I do something evil I am without blame."

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

Judges 15:4 (show verse)

And Samson went and captured three hundred foxes, and he took torches. He turned [them] tail to tail, and he put one torch between 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)

He set fire to the torches and let [the foxes] go into the standing grain of [the] Philistines, and he burned both the stacks of sheaves and the standing grain, up to the vineyards of olive groves.

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

And [the] Philistines said, "Who has done this?" And they said, "Samson the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." And [the] Philistines went up and burned 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)

Samson said to them, "If you want to behave like this, [I swear] I will not rest unless I have taken revenge on you."

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 gave them a thorough beating}, and he went down and stayed 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 came up and encamped in Judah, and they overran 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 you come up against us?" And they said, "To bind Samson; to do to him just as he did 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 from Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and they said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines [are] ruling over us? What [is] this [that] you have done to us?" And he said to them, "Just as they did to me, so I have done to them."

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)

They said to him, "We have come down to bind you and give you over into the hand of [the] Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves."

Judges 15:13 (show verse)

They said to him, "No, we will only bind you and give you into their hand; we will certainly not kill you." So they bound him with two new ropes, and they 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)

As he came up to Lehi, [the] Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of Yahweh rushed on him, and the ropes that [were] on his arms became like flax that has burned with fire, and his bindings melted from 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; he reached down and took it and killed one 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 the donkey, heap upon heap; with the jawbone of the donkey, I struck dead one 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 happened, when he finished speaking he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he called 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

Judges 15:18 (show verse)

And he was very thirsty, and he called to Yahweh and said, "You gave this great victory into the hand of your servant, but now I must die of 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)

So God split the hollow place that [is] at Lehi, and water came out from it; and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he was revived. Thus he called its name {The Spring of Ha-Qore}, which [is] at 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