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Judges 15:1 (show verse)
Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father, "I want to have sex with my bride in her bedroom!" But her father would not let him enter.
Judges 15:2 (show verse)
Her father said, "I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!"
Judges 15:3 (show verse)
Samson said to them, "This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!"
Judges 15:4 (show verse)
Samson went and captured three hundred jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.
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)
He lit the torches and set the jackals loose in the Philistines' standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Judges 15:6 (show verse)
The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" They were told, "Samson, the Timnite's son-in-law, because the Timnite took Samson's bride and gave her to his best man." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father.
Judges 15:7 (show verse)
Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting."
Judges 15:8 (show verse)
He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.
Judges 15:9 (show verse)
The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
Judges 15:10 (show verse)
The men of Judah said, "Why are you attacking us?" The Philistines said, "We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us."
Judges 15:11 (show verse)
Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?" He said to them, "I have only done to them what they have done to me."
Judges 15:12 (show verse)
They said to him, "We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Promise me you will not kill me."
Judges 15:13 (show verse)
They said to him, "We promise! We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you." They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.
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)
When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord's spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away 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
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)
He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down 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)
Samson then said, "With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down 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)
When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named 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)
He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, "You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?"
Judges 15:19 (show verse)
So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very 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)
Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.