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Themes in Judges 15

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Themes in Judges 15

Judges 15:1 (show verse)

But it chanced, within a while after, even in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a Kid. And when he supposed to have gone in unto his wife into the chamber, her father would not suffer him to go in,

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

Judges 15:2 (show verse)

but said, "I thought that thou hadst hated her, and therefore gave I her unto one of thy companions. Howbeit her younger sister is fairer than she. Take her instead of the other."

Samson » Wife of, estranged

Judges 15:3 (show verse)

Then said Samson unto them, "Now I am blameless concerning the Philistines, though I do them evil."

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

Judges 15:4 (show verse)

And Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and fastened tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst 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)

And he set the firebrands on fire, and put them into the corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the reaped corn and also the standing, with vine and olives.

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 asked who had done that. And it was told them that Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to one of his companions. And the Philistines came 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 unto them, "Should ye do so? For I will surely be avenged of you; and then 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 leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock 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 pitched against Judah, and lay 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 are ye come against us?" And they answered, "To bind Samson are we come, even to do him as he hath 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 cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, "Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? Wherefore then hast thou served us thus?" And he answered them, "As they served me, so have I served 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)

And they said unto him, "We are come to bind thee and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines." And Samson said unto them, "Sware unto me, that ye shall not hurt me yourselves."

Judges 15:13 (show verse)

And they said, "We will not hurt thee, save only bind thee and deliver thee unto their hands: But we will not kill thee." And so they bound him with two new cords 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)

And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the spirit of the LORD came upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and the bands loosed 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 jawbone of a ratten ass, and put forth his hand and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

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 jaw of an ass, have I made heaps: with the jaw of an ass have I slain 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 when he had left speaking he cast away the jaw out of his hand and called the place Ramathlehi.

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 sore a thirst, and called on the LORD and said, "Thou LORD hath given this great victory, through the hand of thy servant. And now I must die for thirst and fall into the hands 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 brake a great tooth that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout. And when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he was refreshed, wherefore the name thereof was called the Well of the Caller-on, which is in Lehi unto 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