Judges 15
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Judges 15:9-17

9Then the PhilistinesH6430 wentH5927 up, and encampedH2583 in JudahH3063, and spreadH5203 themselves in LehiH3896. 10And the menH376 of JudahH3063 saidH559, WhyH4100 are ye comeH5927 up against us? And they saidH559, To bindH631 SamsonH8123 are we comeH5927 up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11Then threeH7969 thousandH505 menH376 of JudahH3063 wentH3381 downH3381 to the cleftH5585 of the rockH5553 of EtamH5862, and saidH559 to SamsonH8123, Knowest thou not that the PhilistinesH6430 are rulersH4910 over us? what then is this that thou hast done unto us? And he saidH559 unto them, As they did unto me, soH3651 have I done unto them. 12And they saidH559 unto him, We are comeH3381 down to bindH631 thee, that we may deliver thee into the handH3027 of the PhilistinesH6430. And SamsonH8123 saidH559 unto them, SwearH7650 unto me, that ye will not fallH6293 upon me yourselves. 13And they spake unto him, sayingH559, No; but we will bindH631 thee fast, and deliver thee into their handH3027: but surely we will not killH4191 thee. And they boundH631 him with twoH8147 newH2319 ropesH5688, and broughtH5927 him up from the rockH5553.

14When he cameH935 unto LehiH3896, the PhilistinesH6430 shoutedH7321 as they met him: and the SpiritH7307 of Jehovah cameH935 mightily upon him, and the ropesH5688 that were upon his armsH2220 becameH1961 as flaxH6593 that wasH1961 burnt with fireH784, and his bands dropped from off his handsH3027. 15And he foundH4672 a freshH2961 jawboneH3895 of an ass, and put forthH7971 his handH3027, and tookH3947 it, and smote a thousandH505 menH376 therewith. 16And SamsonH8123 saidH559,

With the jawboneH3895 of an ass, heaps upon heaps,With the jawboneH3895 of an ass have I smitten a thousandH505 menH376.

17And it came to pass, when he had made an endH3615 of speakingH1696, that he castH7993 awayH7993 the jawboneH3895 out of his handH3027; and that placeH4725 wasH1961 calledH7121 Ramath-lehi.

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