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Judges 15:17 KJV
Judges · chapter 15 · verse 17
And 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.Judges 15:17 · King James Version
Judges 15:17 in context
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?
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 Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- speakingdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- jawbonelᵉchîythe cheekH3895 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- awayshâlakto throw out, down or awayH7993 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
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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