Judges 15:12–17 · BSB
15:12
But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”
15:13
“No,” they answered, “we will not kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they bound him with two new ropes and led him up from the rock.
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15:14
When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
15:15
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
15:16
Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
15:17
And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
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