13 So they said to [a]him, “No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you.” Then 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. And (A)the Spirit of the Lord [b]came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds [c]dropped from his hands. 15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he [d]reached out and took it and [e]killed (B)a thousand men with it.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:13 Lit him, saying
  2. Judges 15:14 Lit rushed upon
  3. Judges 15:14 Lit were melted
  4. Judges 15:15 Lit stretched out his hand
  5. Judges 15:15 Lit smote