Judges 15:15-17
American Standard Version
15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said,
With the jawbone of an ass, [a]heaps upon heaps,
With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and [b]that place was called [c]Ramath-lehi.
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- Judges 15:16 Hebrew heap, two heaps.
- Judges 15:17 Or, he called that place
- Judges 15:17 That is, The hill of the jawbone.
Judges 15:15-17
New International Version
15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.(A)
16 Then Samson said,
“With a donkey’s jawbone
I have made donkeys of them.[a](B)
With a donkey’s jawbone
I have killed a thousand men.”
17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.[b](C)
Footnotes
- Judges 15:16 Or made a heap or two; the Hebrew for donkey sounds like the Hebrew for heap.
- Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.
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