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Judges 15:16 KJV
Judges · chapter 15 · verse 16
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.Judges 15:16 · King James Version
Judges 15:16 in context
14And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD 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.
15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
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 Ramathlehi.
18And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thousandʼelephhence a thousandH505 →
- jawbonelᵉchîythe cheekH3895 →
- SamsonShimshôwnShimshon, an IsraeliteH8123 →
- heapschămôrâha heapH2565 →
- slainnâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. Samson violently pursued by the Philistine. They went up in a body, a more formidable force than they had together when Samson smote them hip and thigh; and they pitched in Judah, and spread themselves up and down the country, to find out Samson, who they heard had come this way, Jdg 15:9.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17