16 Then Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,
[a]Heaps upon heaps,
With the jawbone of a donkey
I have [b]killed a thousand men.”

17 When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place [c]Ramath-lehi. 18 Then he became very thirsty, and he (A)called to the Lord and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now [d]shall I die of thirst [e]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:16 Lit Heap, two heaps; Heb is same root as donkey
  2. Judges 15:16 Lit smitten
  3. Judges 15:17 I.e. the high place of the jawbone
  4. Judges 15:18 Or I shall...uncircumcised
  5. Judges 15:18 Or or