Verse 3
Judges 15:3
New Living Translation
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Samson said, “This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר לָ/הֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן נִקֵּ֥יתִי הַ/פַּ֖עַם מִ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כִּֽי עֹשֶׂ֥ה אֲנִ֛י עִמָּ֖/ם רָעָֽה
English Translation
And Samson said to them, "I have been delivered this time from the Philistines because I am doing harm to them."
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Chapter 15 Context
1
Later on, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. He said, “I’m...
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“I truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so I gave her in marriage to your best m...
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3
Samson said, “This time I cannot be blamed for everything I am going to do to you Philistines.”
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Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torc...
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Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the grain fields of the Philistines. He burned...
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6
“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “Samson,” was the reply, “because his father-in-law from T...
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7
“Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won’t rest until I take my revenge on you!”
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8
So he attacked the Philistines with great fury and killed many of them. Then he went to live in a ca...
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9
The Philistines retaliated by setting up camp in Judah and spreading out near the town of Lehi.
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10
The men of Judah asked the Philistines, “Why are you attacking us?” The Philistines replied, “We’ve...
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11
So 3,000 men of Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock of Etam. They said to Samson,...
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12
But the men of Judah told him, “We have come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.” “A...
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13
“We will only tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines,” they replied. “We won’t kill you.” S...
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14
As Samson arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came shouting in triumph. But the Spirit of the LORD came...
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15
Then he found the jawbone of a recently killed donkey. He picked it up and killed 1,000 Philistines...
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16
Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey,<br>I’ve piled them in heaps!<br>With the jawbone of...
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17
When he finished his boasting, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was named Jawbone Hill.
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18
Samson was now very thirsty, and he cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great victory...
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19
So God (Elohim) caused water to gush out of a hollow in the ground at Lehi, and Samson was revived a...
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20
Samson judged Israel for twenty years during the period when the Philistines dominated the land.
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