14 As he approached Lehi,(A) the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.(B) The ropes on his arms became like charred flax,(C) and the bindings dropped from his hands.

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14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.

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 called that place Ramathlehi.

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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.(A) So the spring(B) was called En Hakkore,[a] and it is still there in Lehi.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.

19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

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