Revised Literal Translation
Judges 15:14-19
14And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of Yhwh came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.1 15And he found a new jawbone of a donkey, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.2 16And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of a donkey have I slain a thousand men.3 17And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lehi.4
18And he was sore athirst, and called on Yhwh, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.56
Notes
- 1. Judges 15:14 loosed: Heb. were melted. ↩
- 2. Judges 15:15 new: Heb. moist. ↩
- 3. Judges 15:16 heaps upon…: Heb. an heap, two heaps. ↩
- 4. Judges 15:17 Ramath–lehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone. ↩
- 5. Judges 15:19 En–hakkore: that is, the well of him that called or, cried. ↩
- 6. Judges 15:19 the jaw: or, Lehi, as called in this chapter. ↩
Commentaries on Judges 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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