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Judges 15:20 KJV
Judges · chapter 15 · verse 20
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.Judges 15:20 · King James Version
Judges 15:20 in context
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.
20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhilistinesPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of PeleshethH6430 →
- judgedshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Here is, I. The distress which Samson was in after this great performance (Jdg 15:18): He was sore athirst. It was a natural effect of the great heat he had been in, and the great pains he had taken;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-20