13 So they said to [a]him, “No, but we will bind you tightly and give you into their hands; but we certainly 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 rushed upon him so that the ropes that were on his arms were like flax that has burned with fire, and his restraints [b]dropped from his hands. 15 Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out with his hand and took it, and [c]killed (B)a thousand men with it.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:13 Lit him, saying
  2. Judges 15:14 Lit melted
  3. Judges 15:15 Lit struck

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