Samson kills 1,000 philistines. 14 when samson[ a] arrived at lehi, the philistines came shouting to meet him. then the spirit of the lord rushed upon him, so that the ropes that bound him were like flax that’s been burned by fire, and his bonds dissolved. 15 he happened upon a jawbone from a putrefying donkey, reached out to grab it, and. Judges 15 21. english standard version. samson defeats the philistines. 15 after some days, at the time of wheat harvest, samson went to visit his wife with a young goat. and he said, “i will go in to my wife in the chamber.”. but her father would not allow him to go in. 2 and her father said, “i really thought that you utterly hated her.
Then samson said: "with the jawbone of a donkey i have piled them into heaps. with the jawbone of a donkey i have slain a thousand men." judges 15:17 and when samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place ramath lehi. 14 when he came to lehi, the philistines shouted as they met him. and the spirit of the lord came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands. 15 he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it. 16 then. (16) and samson said, with the jawbone of an ass. here we once more find ourselves in very primitive regions of poetry and paronomasia. samson's exultation over his extraordinary achievement finds vent in a sort of punning couplet, which turns entirely on the identity of sound between chamor, a heap, and chamor, an ass, and the play of meaning between aleph, a thousand, and aleph, an ox. Samson’s vengeance on the philistines. 1 later on, during the wheat harvest, samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. he said, “i’m going into my wife’s room to sleep with her,” but her father wouldn’t let him in. 2 “i truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so i gave her in marriage to your best man.
(16) and samson said, with the jawbone of an ass. here we once more find ourselves in very primitive regions of poetry and paronomasia. samson's exultation over his extraordinary achievement finds vent in a sort of punning couplet, which turns entirely on the identity of sound between chamor, a heap, and chamor, an ass, and the play of meaning between aleph, a thousand, and aleph, an ox. Samson’s vengeance on the philistines. 1 later on, during the wheat harvest, samson took a young goat as a present to his wife. he said, “i’m going into my wife’s room to sleep with her,” but her father wouldn’t let him in. 2 “i truly thought you must hate her,” her father explained, “so i gave her in marriage to your best man. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. 15 finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men. 16 then samson said, “with a donkey’s jawbone. i have made donkeys of them. with a donkey’s jawbone. i have killed a thousand men.”. 17 when he finished speaking. Judges 15:1 3. samson’s promise of revenge against his former fiancé’s father. samson had just killed 30 philistines in a rage after his philistine bachelor party hosts tricked him. he also called his fiancé a heifer. as a result, the fiancé’s father gave his daughter away to another philistine (jdgs. 14:19 20).
The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. 15 finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men. 16 then samson said, “with a donkey’s jawbone. i have made donkeys of them. with a donkey’s jawbone. i have killed a thousand men.”. 17 when he finished speaking. Judges 15:1 3. samson’s promise of revenge against his former fiancé’s father. samson had just killed 30 philistines in a rage after his philistine bachelor party hosts tricked him. he also called his fiancé a heifer. as a result, the fiancé’s father gave his daughter away to another philistine (jdgs. 14:19 20).
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