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士师记 15
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
士师记 15
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
参孙火烧非利士人的禾稼
15 过了些日子，到收割麦子的时候，参孙带着一只山羊羔去看他的妻子；他心里说：“我要进内室去见我的妻子。”但是他妻子的父亲不让他进去。 2 她父亲说：“我以为你非常恨她，所以我把她给了你的一个同伴；她的妹妹不是比她更美丽吗？你可以娶来代替她啊。” 3 参孙对他们说：“这次如果我加害非利士人，就可以不必负责了。” 4 于是参孙去捉了三百只狐狸，又拿了火把来，把狐狸尾巴对尾巴缚在一起，又把一枝火把插在两条尾巴中间。 5 他点着了火把，就放狐狸进入非利士人的禾田里，把堆积的禾捆，和未割的禾稼，以及橄榄园都烧了。 6 非利士人问：“这是谁作的呢？”有人回答：“是亭拿人的女婿参孙作的，因为他岳父把他的妻子给了他的同伴。”于是非利士人上去，放火烧了那女子和她的父亲。 7 参孙对他们说：“你们既然这样行，我必在你们身上报仇，然后才肯罢休。” 8 参孙击打他们，连腿带腰都砍断了，那是一场极大的杀戮；然后他下去，住在以坦盘石的穴中。
参孙用驴腮骨击杀千人
9 非利士人上去，在犹大安营，在利希散开。 10 犹大人说：“你们为甚么上来攻打我们呢？”他们说：“我们上来是要捆绑参孙，要报复他向我们所行的。” 11 于是有三千犹大人下到以坦盘石的穴中去，对参孙说：“非利士人统治我们，你不知道吗？你为甚么向我们行这事呢？”参孙对他们说：“他们怎样待我，我也怎样待他们。” 12 犹大人对他说：“我们下来要捆绑你，把你交在非利士人手里。”参孙对他们说：“你们要向我发誓，你们不亲自杀害我。” 13 他们告诉他说：“我们不会杀害你，我们只要把你捆绑住，交在非利士人手里，我们决不杀死你。”于是他们用两条新绳子把参孙捆绑起来，从盘石的穴里把他带上来。
14 参孙来到利希，非利士人就吶喊着出来迎接他，耶和华的灵大大临到参孙身上，他臂上的绳子就像被火烧的麻一样，他的捆绑都从他的手上落下来。 15 他找着一块新鲜的驴腮骨，就伸手拾起来，击杀了一千人。 16 参孙说：
“我用驴腮骨杀人成堆；
我用驴腮骨击杀了一千人。”
17 说完了，就把那腮骨从手里拋出去，因此那地方就叫拉末．利希（“拉末．利希”意即“腮骨的山”）。 18 参孙非常口渴，就呼求耶和华说：“你既然借着你仆人的手施行这么大的拯救，现在我怎可以渴死，落在未受割礼的人手中呢？” 19 于是 神在利希使一洼地裂开，就有水从那里涌出来；参孙喝了，就恢复精神，活力充足；因此那泉名叫隐．哈歌利（“隐．哈歌利”意即“呼求者之泉”），那泉直到今日还在利希。 20 在非利士人统治的日子，参孙治理以色列人二十年。
士师记 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙向非利士人报仇
15 过了些日子，在割麦的时候，参孙带着一只山羊羔去探望他妻子。他说：“我要进内室见我妻子。”他岳父却不让他进去， 2 并对他说：“我以为你非常恨她，所以我把她改嫁给你的伴郎了。她妹子不是比她更美丽吗？你可以娶来代替她。”
3 参孙说：“这次我要加害非利士人，可不能怪我了。”
4 于是，他出去捉了三百只狐狸，把它们的尾巴一对一对绑起来，将火把绑在两条尾巴中间， 5 然后点燃火把，把狐狸放进非利士人的麦田里，将割好的麦捆和未割的麦子、葡萄园和橄榄园都烧毁了。 6 非利士人问：“这是谁干的？”有人回答说：“是亭拿人的女婿参孙干的，因为他岳父把他的妻子嫁给了他的伴郎。”非利士人就去放火烧死了参孙的妻子和岳父。 7 参孙说：“你们既然这样做，我不向你们报仇誓不罢休。” 8 参孙大肆击杀他们，杀死了很多人。事后，他下到以坦，住在那里的岩洞里。
9 非利士人进犯犹大，在利希一带扎营。 10 犹大人问他们：“你们为什么来攻打我们？”非利士人回答说：“我们来捉拿参孙，向他以报还报。” 11 于是，有三千犹大人去以坦的岩洞找参孙，对他说：“难道你不知道非利士人是我们的统治者吗？你为什么连累我们？”参孙回答说：“我只是以牙还牙。” 12 犹大人说：“我们来是要捉拿你，把你交给非利士人。”参孙说：“你们要保证你们不会亲手杀我。” 13 他们说：“我们不会杀你，只将你绑起来交给非利士人。”于是，他们用两根新绳子把参孙捆绑起来带出岩洞。
14 非利士人看见参孙来到利希，就呐喊着迎了上去。耶和华的灵降在参孙身上，绑在他手臂上的绳子就像被火烧的麻线一样脱落下来。 15 他看到一块还没有干的驴腮骨，就捡起来用它杀了一千个非利士人。 16 参孙说：
“用这驴腮骨，我杀人成堆；
用这驴腮骨，我杀戮千人。”
17 说完，他扔掉了手中的驴腮骨。因此，那地方叫拉末·利希[a]。
18 参孙觉得非常口渴，便向耶和华呼求说：“你既然借着仆人的手大败敌人，难道你会让我渴死、落在这些未受割礼的人手中吗？” 19 于是，上帝使利希的一处洼地裂开，涌出水来。参孙喝后恢复了精神。因此，那水泉叫隐哈·歌利[b]。那水泉今天还在利希。 20 在非利士人统治期间，参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
士師記 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
士師記 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
參孫向非利士人報仇
15 過了些日子，在割麥的時候，參孫帶著一隻山羊羔去探望他妻子。他說：「我要進內室見我妻子。」他岳父卻不讓他進去， 2 並對他說：「我以為你非常恨她，所以我把她改嫁給你的伴郎了。她妹子不是比她更美麗嗎？你可以娶來代替她。」
3 參孫說：「這次我要加害非利士人，可不能怪我了。」
4 於是，他出去捉了三百隻狐狸，把牠們的尾巴一對一對綁起來，將火把綁在兩條尾巴中間， 5 然後點燃火把，把狐狸放進非利士人的麥田裡，將割好的麥捆和未割的麥子、葡萄園和橄欖園都燒毀了。 6 非利士人問：「這是誰幹的？」有人回答說：「是亭拿人的女婿參孫幹的，因為他岳父把他的妻子嫁給了他的伴郎。」非利士人就去放火燒死了參孫的妻子和岳父。 7 參孫說：「你們既然這樣做，我不向你們報仇誓不甘休。」 8 參孫大肆擊殺他們，殺死了很多人。事後，他下到以坦，住在那裡的岩洞裡。
9 非利士人進犯猶大，在利希一帶紮營。 10 猶大人問他們：「你們為什麼來攻打我們？」非利士人回答說：「我們來捉拿參孫，向他以報還報。」 11 於是，有三千猶大人去以坦的岩洞找參孫，對他說：「難道你不知道非利士人是我們的統治者嗎？你為什麼連累我們？」參孫回答說：「我只是以牙還牙。」 12 猶大人說：「我們來是要捉拿你，把你交給非利士人。」參孫說：「你們要保證你們不會親手殺我。」 13 他們說：「我們不會殺你，只將你綁起來交給非利士人。」於是，他們用兩根新繩子把參孫捆綁起來帶出岩洞。
14 非利士人看見參孫來到利希，就呐喊著迎了上去。耶和華的靈降在參孫身上，綁在他手臂上的繩子就像被火燒的麻線一樣脫落下來。 15 他看到一塊還沒有乾的驢腮骨，就撿起來用它殺了一千個非利士人。 16 參孫說：
「用這驢腮骨，我殺人成堆；
用這驢腮骨，我殺戮千人。」
17 說完，他扔掉了手中的驢腮骨。因此，那地方叫拉末·利希[a]。
18 參孫覺得非常口渴，便向耶和華呼求說：「你既然藉著僕人的手大敗敵人，難道你會讓我渴死、落在這些未受割禮的人手中嗎？」 19 於是，上帝使利希的一處窪地裂開，湧出水來。參孫喝後恢復了精神。因此，那水泉叫隱哈·歌利[b]。那水泉今天還在利希。 20 在非利士人統治期間，參孫做以色列的士師二十年。
Judges 15
New International Version
Judges 15
New International Version
Samson’s Vengeance on the Philistines
15 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest,(A) Samson(B) took a young goat(C) and went to visit his wife. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.”(D) But her father would not let him go in.
2 “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion.(E) Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”
3 Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.” 4 So he went out and caught three hundred foxes(F) and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch(G) to every pair of tails, 5 lit the torches(H) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(I) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.
6 When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.(J)”
So the Philistines went up and burned her(K) and her father to death.(L) 7 Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” 8 He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock(M) of Etam.(N)
9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.(O) 10 The people of Judah asked, “Why have you come to fight us?”
“We have come to take Samson prisoner,” they answered, “to do to him as he did to us.”
11 Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us?(P) What have you done to us?”
He answered, “I merely did to them what they did to me.”
12 They said to him, “We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
Samson said, “Swear to me(Q) that you won’t kill me yourselves.”
13 “Agreed,” they answered. “We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes(R) and led him up from the rock. 14 As he approached Lehi,(S) the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.(T) The ropes on his arms became like charred flax,(U) and the bindings dropped from his hands. 15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.(V)
16 Then Samson said,
“With a donkey’s jawbone
I have made donkeys of them.[a](W)
With a donkey’s jawbone
I have killed a thousand men.”
17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.[b](X)
18 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord,(Y) “You have given your servant this great victory.(Z) Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” 19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived.(AA) So the spring(AB) was called En Hakkore,[c] and it is still there in Lehi.
20 Samson led[d] Israel for twenty years(AC) in the days of the Philistines.
Footnotes
- Judges 15:16 Or made a heap or two; the Hebrew for donkey sounds like the Hebrew for heap.
- Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.
- Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.
- Judges 15:20 Traditionally judged
Judges 15
King James Version
Judges 15
King James Version
15 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
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.
18 And 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?
19 But 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.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
士师记 15
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
士师记 15
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
参孙火烧非利士人的禾稼
15 过了些日子，到收割麦子的时候，参孙带着一只山羊羔去看他的妻子；他心里说：“我要进内室去见我的妻子。”但是他妻子的父亲不让他进去。 2 她父亲说：“我以为你非常恨她，所以我把她给了你的一个同伴；她的妹妹不是比她更美丽吗？你可以娶来代替她啊。” 3 参孙对他们说：“这次如果我加害非利士人，就可以不必负责了。” 4 于是参孙去捉了三百只狐狸，又拿了火把来，把狐狸尾巴对尾巴缚在一起，又把一枝火把插在两条尾巴中间。 5 他点着了火把，就放狐狸进入非利士人的禾田里，把堆积的禾捆，和未割的禾稼，以及橄榄园都烧了。 6 非利士人问：“这是谁作的呢？”有人回答：“是亭拿人的女婿参孙作的，因为他岳父把他的妻子给了他的同伴。”于是非利士人上去，放火烧了那女子和她的父亲。 7 参孙对他们说：“你们既然这样行，我必在你们身上报仇，然后才肯罢休。” 8 参孙击打他们，连腿带腰都砍断了，那是一场极大的杀戮；然后他下去，住在以坦盘石的穴中。
参孙用驴腮骨击杀千人
9 非利士人上去，在犹大安营，在利希散开。 10 犹大人说：“你们为甚么上来攻打我们呢？”他们说：“我们上来是要捆绑参孙，要报复他向我们所行的。” 11 于是有三千犹大人下到以坦盘石的穴中去，对参孙说：“非利士人统治我们，你不知道吗？你为甚么向我们行这事呢？”参孙对他们说：“他们怎样待我，我也怎样待他们。” 12 犹大人对他说：“我们下来要捆绑你，把你交在非利士人手里。”参孙对他们说：“你们要向我发誓，你们不亲自杀害我。” 13 他们告诉他说：“我们不会杀害你，我们只要把你捆绑住，交在非利士人手里，我们决不杀死你。”于是他们用两条新绳子把参孙捆绑起来，从盘石的穴里把他带上来。
14 参孙来到利希，非利士人就吶喊着出来迎接他，耶和华的灵大大临到参孙身上，他臂上的绳子就像被火烧的麻一样，他的捆绑都从他的手上落下来。 15 他找着一块新鲜的驴腮骨，就伸手拾起来，击杀了一千人。 16 参孙说：
“我用驴腮骨杀人成堆；
我用驴腮骨击杀了一千人。”
17 说完了，就把那腮骨从手里拋出去，因此那地方就叫拉末．利希（“拉末．利希”意即“腮骨的山”）。 18 参孙非常口渴，就呼求耶和华说：“你既然借着你仆人的手施行这么大的拯救，现在我怎可以渴死，落在未受割礼的人手中呢？” 19 于是 神在利希使一洼地裂开，就有水从那里涌出来；参孙喝了，就恢复精神，活力充足；因此那泉名叫隐．哈歌利（“隐．哈歌利”意即“呼求者之泉”），那泉直到今日还在利希。 20 在非利士人统治的日子，参孙治理以色列人二十年。
士师记 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
士师记 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙向非利士人报仇
15 过了些日子，在割麦的时候，参孙带着一只山羊羔去探望他妻子。他说：“我要进内室见我妻子。”他岳父却不让他进去， 2 并对他说：“我以为你非常恨她，所以我把她改嫁给你的伴郎了。她妹子不是比她更美丽吗？你可以娶来代替她。”
3 参孙说：“这次我要加害非利士人，可不能怪我了。”
4 于是，他出去捉了三百只狐狸，把它们的尾巴一对一对绑起来，将火把绑在两条尾巴中间， 5 然后点燃火把，把狐狸放进非利士人的麦田里，将割好的麦捆和未割的麦子、葡萄园和橄榄园都烧毁了。 6 非利士人问：“这是谁干的？”有人回答说：“是亭拿人的女婿参孙干的，因为他岳父把他的妻子嫁给了他的伴郎。”非利士人就去放火烧死了参孙的妻子和岳父。 7 参孙说：“你们既然这样做，我不向你们报仇誓不罢休。” 8 参孙大肆击杀他们，杀死了很多人。事后，他下到以坦，住在那里的岩洞里。
9 非利士人进犯犹大，在利希一带扎营。 10 犹大人问他们：“你们为什么来攻打我们？”非利士人回答说：“我们来捉拿参孙，向他以报还报。” 11 于是，有三千犹大人去以坦的岩洞找参孙，对他说：“难道你不知道非利士人是我们的统治者吗？你为什么连累我们？”参孙回答说：“我只是以牙还牙。” 12 犹大人说：“我们来是要捉拿你，把你交给非利士人。”参孙说：“你们要保证你们不会亲手杀我。” 13 他们说：“我们不会杀你，只将你绑起来交给非利士人。”于是，他们用两根新绳子把参孙捆绑起来带出岩洞。
14 非利士人看见参孙来到利希，就呐喊着迎了上去。耶和华的灵降在参孙身上，绑在他手臂上的绳子就像被火烧的麻线一样脱落下来。 15 他看到一块还没有干的驴腮骨，就捡起来用它杀了一千个非利士人。 16 参孙说：
“用这驴腮骨，我杀人成堆；
用这驴腮骨，我杀戮千人。”
17 说完，他扔掉了手中的驴腮骨。因此，那地方叫拉末·利希[a]。
18 参孙觉得非常口渴，便向耶和华呼求说：“你既然借着仆人的手大败敌人，难道你会让我渴死、落在这些未受割礼的人手中吗？” 19 于是，上帝使利希的一处洼地裂开，涌出水来。参孙喝后恢复了精神。因此，那水泉叫隐哈·歌利[b]。那水泉今天还在利希。 20 在非利士人统治期间，参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
士師記 15
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士師記 15
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
參孫向非利士人報仇
15 過了些日子，在割麥的時候，參孫帶著一隻山羊羔去探望他妻子。他說：「我要進內室見我妻子。」他岳父卻不讓他進去， 2 並對他說：「我以為你非常恨她，所以我把她改嫁給你的伴郎了。她妹子不是比她更美麗嗎？你可以娶來代替她。」
3 參孫說：「這次我要加害非利士人，可不能怪我了。」
4 於是，他出去捉了三百隻狐狸，把牠們的尾巴一對一對綁起來，將火把綁在兩條尾巴中間， 5 然後點燃火把，把狐狸放進非利士人的麥田裡，將割好的麥捆和未割的麥子、葡萄園和橄欖園都燒毀了。 6 非利士人問：「這是誰幹的？」有人回答說：「是亭拿人的女婿參孫幹的，因為他岳父把他的妻子嫁給了他的伴郎。」非利士人就去放火燒死了參孫的妻子和岳父。 7 參孫說：「你們既然這樣做，我不向你們報仇誓不甘休。」 8 參孫大肆擊殺他們，殺死了很多人。事後，他下到以坦，住在那裡的岩洞裡。
9 非利士人進犯猶大，在利希一帶紮營。 10 猶大人問他們：「你們為什麼來攻打我們？」非利士人回答說：「我們來捉拿參孫，向他以報還報。」 11 於是，有三千猶大人去以坦的岩洞找參孫，對他說：「難道你不知道非利士人是我們的統治者嗎？你為什麼連累我們？」參孫回答說：「我只是以牙還牙。」 12 猶大人說：「我們來是要捉拿你，把你交給非利士人。」參孫說：「你們要保證你們不會親手殺我。」 13 他們說：「我們不會殺你，只將你綁起來交給非利士人。」於是，他們用兩根新繩子把參孫捆綁起來帶出岩洞。
14 非利士人看見參孫來到利希，就呐喊著迎了上去。耶和華的靈降在參孫身上，綁在他手臂上的繩子就像被火燒的麻線一樣脫落下來。 15 他看到一塊還沒有乾的驢腮骨，就撿起來用它殺了一千個非利士人。 16 參孫說：
「用這驢腮骨，我殺人成堆；
用這驢腮骨，我殺戮千人。」
17 說完，他扔掉了手中的驢腮骨。因此，那地方叫拉末·利希[a]。
18 參孫覺得非常口渴，便向耶和華呼求說：「你既然藉著僕人的手大敗敵人，難道你會讓我渴死、落在這些未受割禮的人手中嗎？」 19 於是，上帝使利希的一處窪地裂開，湧出水來。參孫喝後恢復了精神。因此，那水泉叫隱哈·歌利[b]。那水泉今天還在利希。 20 在非利士人統治期間，參孫做以色列的士師二十年。
Judges 15
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Judges 15
New International Version
Samson’s Vengeance on the Philistines
15 Later on, at the time of wheat harvest,(A) Samson(B) took a young goat(C) and went to visit his wife. He said, “I’m going to my wife’s room.”(D) But her father would not let him go in.
2 “I was so sure you hated her,” he said, “that I gave her to your companion.(E) Isn’t her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead.”
3 Samson said to them, “This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines; I will really harm them.” 4 So he went out and caught three hundred foxes(F) and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch(G) to every pair of tails, 5 lit the torches(H) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(I) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.
6 When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.(J)”
So the Philistines went up and burned her(K) and her father to death.(L) 7 Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.” 8 He attacked them viciously and slaughtered many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave in the rock(M) of Etam.(N)
9 The Philistines went up and camped in Judah, spreading out near Lehi.(O) 10 The people of Judah asked, “Why have you come to fight us?”
“We have come to take Samson prisoner,” they answered, “to do to him as he did to us.”
11 Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cave in the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Don’t you realize that the Philistines are rulers over us?(P) What have you done to us?”
He answered, “I merely did to them what they did to me.”
12 They said to him, “We’ve come to tie you up and hand you over to the Philistines.”
Samson said, “Swear to me(Q) that you won’t kill me yourselves.”
13 “Agreed,” they answered. “We will only tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you.” So they bound him with two new ropes(R) and led him up from the rock. 14 As he approached Lehi,(S) the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.(T) The ropes on his arms became like charred flax,(U) and the bindings dropped from his hands. 15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.(V)
16 Then Samson said,
“With a donkey’s jawbone
I have made donkeys of them.[a](W)
With a donkey’s jawbone
I have killed a thousand men.”
17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.[b](X)
18 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord,(Y) “You have given your servant this great victory.(Z) Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” 19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived.(AA) So the spring(AB) was called En Hakkore,[c] and it is still there in Lehi.
20 Samson led[d] Israel for twenty years(AC) in the days of the Philistines.
Footnotes
- Judges 15:16 Or made a heap or two; the Hebrew for donkey sounds like the Hebrew for heap.
- Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.
- Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.
- Judges 15:20 Traditionally judged
Judges 15
King James Version
Judges 15
King James Version
15 But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
3 And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
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.
18 And 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?
19 But 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.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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