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Judges 15 (WEBP)

[1] But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat. He said, “I will go in to my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in.
[2] Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please, take her instead.”
[3] Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines when I harm them.”
[4] Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the middle between every two tails.
[5] When he had set the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.
[6] Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” The Philistines came up, and burned her and her father with fire.
[7] Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
[8] He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.
[9] Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
[10] The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” They said, “We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us.”
[11] Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” He said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
[12] They said to him, “We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.”
[13] They spoke to him, saying, “No, but we will bind you securely and deliver you into their hands; but surely we will not kill you.” They bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.
[14] When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on him, and the ropes that were on his arms became as flax that was burned with fire; and his bands dropped from off his hands.
[15] He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
[16] Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”
[17] When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.°
[18] He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
[19] But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
[20] He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

Judges 15:17 “Ramath” means “hill” and “Lehi” means “jawbone”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Judges 15 (KJVS)

[1] But it came to pass within a while after H3117, in the time H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105, that Samson H8123 visited H6485 (8799) his wife H802 with a kid H1423 H5795; and he said H559 (8799), I will go in H935 (8799) to my wife H802 into the chamber H2315. But her father H1 would not suffer H5414 (8804) him to go in H935 (8800).
[2] And her father H1 said H559 (8799), I verily H559 (8800) thought H559 (8804) that thou hadst utterly H8130 (8800) hated H8130 (8804) her; therefore I gave H5414 (8799) her to thy companion H4828: [is] not her younger H6996 sister H269 fairer H2896 than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
[3] And Samson H8123 said H559 (8799) concerning them, Now H6471 shall I be more blameless H5352 (8738) than the Philistines H6430, though I do H6213 (8802) them a displeasure H7451.
[4] And Samson H8123 went H3212 (8799) and caught H3920 (8799) three H7969 hundred H3967 foxes H7776, and took H3947 (8799) firebrands H3940, and turned H6437 (8686) tail H2180 to tail H2180, and put H7760 (8799) a H259 firebrand H3940 in the midst H8432 between two H8147 tails H2180.
[5] And when he had set H1197 (8686) the brands H3940 on fire H784, he let [them] go H7971 (8762) into the standing corn H7054 of the Philistines H6430, and burnt up H1197 (8686) both the shocks H1430, and also the standing corn H7054, with the vineyards H3754 [and] olives H2132.
[6] Then the Philistines H6430 said H559 (8799), Who hath done H6213 (8804) this? And they answered H559 (8799), Samson H8123, the son in law H2860 of the Timnite H8554, because he had taken H3947 (8804) his wife H802, and given H5414 (8799) her to his companion H4828. And the Philistines H6430 came up H5927 (8799), and burnt H8313 (8799) her and her father H1 with fire H784.
[7] And Samson H8123 said H559 (8799) unto them, Though H518 ye have done H6213 (8799) this H2063, yet will I be avenged H5358 (8738) of you, and after H310 that I will cease H2308 (8799).
[8] And he smote H5221 (8686) them hip H7785 and H5921 thigh H3409 with a great H1419 slaughter H4347: and he went down H3381 (8799) and dwelt H3427 (8799) in the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam H5862.
[9] Then the Philistines H6430 went up H5927 (8799), and pitched H2583 (8799) in Judah H3063, and spread H5203 (8735) themselves in Lehi H3896.
[10] And the men H376 of Judah H3063 said H559 (8799), Why are ye come up H5927 (8804) against us? And they answered H559 (8799), To bind H631 (8800) Samson H8123 are we come up H5927 (8804), to do H6213 (8800) to him as he hath done H6213 (8804) to us.
[11] Then three H7969 thousand H505 men H376 of Judah H3063 went H3381 (8799) to the top H5585 of the rock H5553 Etam H5862, and said H559 (8799) to Samson H8123, Knowest H3045 (8804) thou not that the Philistines H6430 [are] rulers H4910 (8802) over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done H6213 (8804) unto us? And he said H559 (8799) unto them, As they did H6213 (8804) unto me, so have I done H6213 (8804) unto them.
[12] And they said H559 (8799) unto him, We are come down H3381 (8804) to bind H631 (8800) thee, that we may deliver H5414 (8800) thee into the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430. And Samson H8123 said H559 (8799) unto them, Swear H7650 (8734) unto me, that ye will not fall upon H6293 (8799) me yourselves.
[13] And they spake H559 (8799) unto him, saying H559 (8800), No; but we will bind H631 (8799) thee fast H631 (8800), and deliver H5414 (8804) thee into their hand H3027: but surely H4191 (8687) we will not kill H4191 (8686) thee. And they bound H631 (8799) him with two H8147 new H2319 cords H5688, and brought him up H5927 (8686) from the rock H5553.
[14] [And] when he came H935 (8804) unto Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 (8689) against H7125 (8800) him: and the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 came mightily H6743 (8799) upon him, and the cords H5688 that [were] upon his arms H2220 became as flax H6593 that was burnt H1197 (8804) with fire H784, and his bands H612 loosed H4549 (8735) from off his hands H3027.
[15] And he found H4672 (8799) a new H2961 jawbone H3895 of an ass H2543, and put forth H7971 (8799) his hand H3027, and took H3947 (8799) it, and slew H5221 (8686) a thousand H505 men H376 therewith.
[16] And Samson H8123 said H559 (8799), With the jawbone H3895 of an ass H2543, heaps H2565 upon heaps H2565, with the jaw H3895 of an ass H2543 have I slain H5221 (8689) a thousand H505 men H376.
[17] And it came to pass, when he had made an end H3615 (8763) of speaking H1696 (8763), that he cast away H7993 (8686) the jawbone H3895 out of his hand H3027, and called H7121 (8799) that place H4725 Ramathlehi H7437.
[18] And he was sore H3966 athirst H6770 (8799), and called H7121 (8799) on the LORD H3068, and said H559 (8799), Thou hast given H5414 (8804) this great H1419 deliverance H8668 into the hand H3027 of thy servant H5650: and now shall I die H4191 (8799) for thirst H6772, and fall H5307 (8804) into the hand H3027 of the uncircumcised H6189?
[19] But God H430 clave H1234 (8799) an hollow place H4388 that [was] in the jaw H3895, and there came H3318 (8799) water H4325 thereout; and when he had drunk H8354 (8799), his spirit H7307 came again H7725 (8799), and he revived H2421 (8799): wherefore he called H7121 (8802) the name H8034 thereof Enhakkore H5875, which [is] in Lehi H3896 unto this day H3117.
[20] And he judged H8199 (8799) Israel H3478 in the days H3117 of the Philistines H6430 twenty H6242 years H8141.

Young’s Literal Translation

Judges 15 (YLT)

[1] And it cometh to pass, after some days, in the days of wheat-harvest, that Samson looketh after his wife, with a kid of the goats, and saith, ‘I go in unto my wife, to the inner chamber;’ and her father hath not permitted him to go in,
[2] and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister-the young one-better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.’
[3] And Samson saith of them, ‘I am more innocent this time than the Philistines, though I am doing with them evil.’
[4] And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,
[5] and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth them out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth it from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard-olive-yard.
[6] And the Philistines say, ‘Who hath done this?’ And they say, ‘Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken away his wife, and giveth her to his companion;’ and the Philistines go up, and burn her and her father with fire.
[7] And Samson saith to them, ‘Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!’
[8] And he smiteth them hip and thigh-a great smiting, and goeth down and dwelleth in the cleft of the rock Etam.
[9] And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
[10] and the men of Judah say, ‘Why have ye come up against us?’ and they say, ‘To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.’
[11] And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, ‘Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what is this thou hast done to us?’ And he saith to them, ‘As they did to me, so I did to them.’
[12] And they say to him, ‘To bind thee we have come down-to give thee into the hand of the Philistines.’ And Samson saith to them, ‘Swear to me, lest ye fall upon me yourselves.’
[13] And they speak to him, saying, No, but we certainly bind thee, and have given thee into their hand, and we certainly do not put thee to death;’ and they bind him with two thick bands, new ones, and bring him up from the rock.
[14] He hath come unto Lehi-and the Philistines have shouted at meeting him-and the Spirit of Jehovah prospereth over him, and the thick bands which are on his arms are as flax which they burn with fire, and his bands are wasted from off his hands,
[15] and he findeth a fresh jaw-bone of an ass, and putteth forth his hand and taketh it, and smiteth with it-a thousand men.
[16] And Samson saith, ‘With a jaw-bone of the ass-an ass upon asses-with a jaw-bone of the ass I have smitten a thousand men.’
[17] And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;
[18] and he thirsteth exceedingly, and calleth unto Jehovah, and saith, ‘Thou-Thou hast given by the hand of Thy servant this great salvation; and now, I die with thirst, and have fallen into the hand of the uncircumcised.’
[19] And God cleaveth the hollow place which is in Lehi, and waters come out of it, and he drinketh, and his spirit cometh back, and he reviveth; therefore hath one called its name ‘The fountain of him who is calling,’ which is in Lehi unto this day.
[20] And he judgeth Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.