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18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant[a] this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into the hands of these uncircumcised Philistines?”[b] 19 So God split open the basin[c] at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength[d] was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring[e] En Hakkore.[f] It remains in Lehi to this very day.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:18 tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”
  2. Judges 15:18 tn Heb “the hand of uncircumcised.” “Hand” often represents power or control. “The uncircumcised [ones]” is used as a pejorative and in the context refers to the Philistines.
  3. Judges 15:19 tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.
  4. Judges 15:19 tn Heb “spirit.”
  5. Judges 15:19 tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. Judges 15:19 sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”