13 And they answered him, saying, No, but we will bind thee and [a]deliver thee unto their hand, but we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him from the rock.

14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him, and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms, became as flax that was burnt with fire: for the bands loosed from his hands.

15 And he found a [b]new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hands, and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:13 Thus they had rather betray their brother, than use the means that God had given for their deliverance.
  2. Judges 15:15 That is, of an ass lately slain.

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