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18 He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

19 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day. 20 He judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.

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18 Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the Lord,(A) “You have given your servant this great victory.(B) 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.(C) So the spring(D) was called En Hakkore,[a] and it is still there in Lehi.

20 Samson led[b] Israel for twenty years(E) in the days of the Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.
  2. Judges 15:20 Traditionally judged