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Judges 15:15-17
New American Standard Bible
Judges 15:15-17
New American Standard Bible
15 Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out with his hand and took it, and [a]killed (A)a thousand men with it. 16 And Samson said,
“With the jawbone of a donkey,
[b]Heaps upon heaps,
With the jawbone of a donkey
I have [c]killed a thousand men.”
17 When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place [d]Ramath-lehi.
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- Judges 15:15 Lit struck
- Judges 15:16 Lit Heap, two heaps; Heb is same root as donkey
- Judges 15:16 Lit struck
- Judges 15:17 I.e., the high place of the jawbone
Judges 15:15-17
New International Version
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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