Verse 16

Judges 15:16

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16 Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן בִּ/לְחִ֣י הַ/חֲמ֔וֹר חֲמ֖וֹר חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם בִּ/לְחִ֣י הַ/חֲמ֔וֹר הִכֵּ֖יתִי אֶ֥לֶף אִֽישׁ

English Translation

And Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, I have killed a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey."

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Chapter 15 Context

1 But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said,... Focus ↗

2 Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your... Focus ↗

3 Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines, when I harm them... Focus ↗

4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a tor... Focus ↗

5 When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and... Focus ↗

6 Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, b... Focus ↗

7 Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I w... Focus ↗

8 He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’... Focus ↗

9 Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. Focus ↗

10 The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” They said, “We have come up to bind Samson... Focus ↗

11 Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t yo... Focus ↗

12 They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Phili... Focus ↗

13 They spoke to him, saying, “No; but we will bind you securely, and deliver you into their hands; but... Focus ↗

14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on... Focus ↗

15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it. Focus ↗

16 Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have stru...

17 When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramat... Focus ↗

18 He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh, and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the h... Focus ↗

19 But God (Elohim) split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk... Focus ↗

20 He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. Focus ↗

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