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17 And when he had finished speaking, he cast away the jawbone out of his hand and called that place Ramathlehi. {Heb. the lifting up of the jaw}

18 ¶ And he was sore athirst and called on the LORD and said, Thou hast given this great salvation by the hand of thy slave; and now shall I die for thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

19 Then God broke a tooth that was in the jaw, and water came out there; and he drank, and recovered his spirit, and he lived. Therefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, {Heb. the fountain of he who called} which is in Lehi unto this day.

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17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.[a](A)

18 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord,(B) “You have given your servant this great victory.(C) Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” 19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived.(D) So the spring(E) was called En Hakkore,[b] and it is still there in Lehi.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.
  2. Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.