KJV_Strong : Judges 15
1. But it came to pass[H1961] within a while[H4480] [H3117] after, in the time[H3117] of wheat[H2406] harvest,[H7105] that Samson[H8123] visited[H6485] [H853] his wife[H802] with a kid;[H1423] [H5795] and he said,[H559] I will go in[H935] to[H413] my wife[H802] into the chamber.[H2315] But her father[H1] would not[H3808] suffer[H5414] him to go in.[H935]
2. And her father[H1] said,[H559] I verily thought[H559] [H559] that[H3588] thou hadst utterly hated[H8130] [H8130] her; therefore I gave[H5414] her to thy companion:[H4828] is not[H3808] her younger[H6996] sister[H269] fairer[H2896] than[H4480] she? take[H1961] her, I pray thee,[H4994] instead[H8478] of her.
3. And Samson[H8123] said[H559] concerning them, Now[H6471] shall I be more blameless[H5352] than the Philistines,[H4480] [H6430] though[H3588] I[H589] do[H6213] [H5973] them a displeasure.[H7451]
4. And Samson[H8123] went[H1980] and caught[H3920] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] foxes,[H7776] and took[H3947] firebrands,[H3940] and turned[H6437] tail[H2180] to[H413] tail,[H2180] and put[H7760] a[H259] firebrand[H3940] in the midst[H8432] between[H996] two[H8147] tails.[H2180]
5. And when he had set[H1197] the brands[H3940] on fire,[H784] he let them go[H7971] into the standing corn[H7054] of the Philistines,[H6430] and burnt up[H1197] both the shocks,[H4480] [H1430] and also[H5704] the standing corn,[H7054] with[H5704] the vineyards[H3754] and olives.[H2132]
6. Then the Philistines[H6430] said,[H559] Who[H4310] hath done[H6213] this?[H2063] And they answered,[H559] Samson,[H8123] the son-in-law[H2860] of the Timnite,[H8554] because[H3588] he had taken[H3947] [H853] his wife,[H802] and given[H5414] her to his companion.[H4828] And the Philistines[H6430] came up,[H5927] and burnt[H8313] her and her father[H1] with fire.[H784]
7. And Samson[H8123] said[H559] unto them, Though[H518] ye have done[H6213] this,[H2063] yet[H3588] [H518] will I be avenged[H5358] of you, and after that[H310] I will cease.[H2308]
8. And he smote[H5221] them hip[H7785] and[H5921] thigh[H3409] with a great[H1419] slaughter:[H4347] and he went down[H3381] and dwelt[H3427] in the top[H5585] of the rock[H5553] Etam.[H5862]
9. Then the Philistines[H6430] went up,[H5927] and pitched[H2583] in Judah,[H3063] and spread themselves[H5203] in Lehi.[H3896]
10. And the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] said,[H559] Why[H4100] are ye come up[H5927] against[H5921] us? And they answered,[H559] To bind[H631] [H853] Samson[H8123] are we come up,[H5927] to do[H6213] to him as[H834] he hath done[H6213] to us.
11. Then three[H7969] thousand[H505] men[H376] of Judah[H4480] [H3063] went[H3381] to[H413] the top[H5585] of the rock[H5553] Etam,[H5862] and said[H559] to Samson,[H8123] Knowest[H3045] thou not[H3808] that[H3588] the Philistines[H6430] are rulers[H4910] over us? what[H4100] is this[H2063] that thou hast done[H6213] unto us? And he said[H559] unto them, As[H834] they did[H6213] unto me, so[H3651] have I done[H6213] unto them.
12. And they said[H559] unto him, We are come down[H3381] to bind[H631] thee, that we may deliver[H5414] thee into the hand[H3027] of the Philistines.[H6430] And Samson[H8123] said[H559] unto them, Swear[H7650] unto me, that[H6435] ye will not fall[H6293] upon me yourselves.[H859]
13. And they spoke[H559] unto him, saying,[H559] No;[H3808] but[H3588] we will bind thee fast,[H631] [H631] and deliver[H5414] thee into their hand:[H3027] but surely we will not kill[H4191] [H3808] [H4191] thee. And they bound[H631] him with two[H8147] new[H2319] cords,[H5688] and brought him up[H5927] from[H4480] the rock.[H5553]
14. And when he[H1931] came[H935] unto[H5704] Lehi,[H3896] the Philistines[H6430] shouted[H7321] against[H7125] him: and the Spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068] came mightily[H6743] upon[H5921] him, and the cords[H5688] that[H834] were upon[H5921] his arms[H2220] became[H1961] as flax[H6593] that[H834] was burnt[H1197] with fire,[H784] and his bands[H612] loosed[H4549] from off[H4480] [H5921] his hands.[H3027]
15. And he found[H4672] a new[H2961] jawbone[H3895] of an ass,[H2543] and put forth[H7971] his hand,[H3027] and took[H3947] it, and slew[H5221] a thousand[H505] men[H376] therewith.
16. And Samson[H8123] said,[H559]
17. And it came to pass,[H1961] when he had made an end[H3615] of speaking,[H1696] that he cast away[H7993] the jawbone[H3895] out of his hand,[H4480] [H3027] and called[H7121] that[H1931] place[H4725] Ramath-lehi.[H7437]
18. And he was sore athirst,[H6770] [H3966] and called[H7121] on[H413] the LORD,[H3068] and said,[H559] Thou[H859] hast given[H5414] [H853] this[H2063] great[H1419] deliverance[H8668] into the hand[H3027] of thy servant:[H5650] and now[H6258] shall I die[H4191] for thirst,[H6772] and fall[H5307] into the hand[H3027] of the uncircumcised?[H6189]
19. But God[H430] cleaved[H1234] [H853] a hollow place[H4388] that[H834] was in the jaw,[H3895] and there came[H3318] water[H4325] therefrom;[H4480] and when he had drunk,[H8354] his spirit[H7307] came again,[H7725] and he revived:[H2421] wherefore[H5921] [H3651] he called[H7121] the name[H8034] thereof En-hakkore,[H5875] which[H834] is in Lehi[H3896] unto[H5704] this[H2088] day.[H3117]
20. And he judged[H8199] [H853] Israel[H3478] in the days[H3117] of the Philistines[H6430] twenty[H6242] years.[H8141]
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