Judges 15

1But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

וַיְהִי מִיָּמִים בִּימֵי קְצִיר־חִטִּים וַיִּפְקֹד שִׁמְשֹׁון אֶת־אִשְׁתֹּו בִּגְדִי עִזִּים וַיֹּאמֶר אָבֹאָה אֶל־אִשְׁתִּי הֶחָדְרָה וְלֹא־נְתָנֹו אָבִיהָ לָבֹוא׃ (4680)

See also: Genesis 29:21, Genesis 38:17, Luke 15:29, Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 22:13, Judges 19:3

2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

וַיֹּאמֶר אָבִיהָ אָמֹר אָמַרְתִּי כִּי־שָׂנֹא שְׂנֵאתָהּ וָאֶתְּנֶנָּה לְמֵרֵעֶךָ הֲלֹא אֲחֹתָהּ הַקְּטַנָּה טֹובָה מִמֶּנָּה תְּהִי־נָא לְךָ תַּחְתֶּיהָ׃ (5291)

See also: Judges 14:20, Genesis 38:14, Judges 14:16, Acts 26:9

3And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשֹׁון נִקֵּיתִי הַפַּעַם מִפְּלִשְׁתִּים כִּי־עֹשֶׂה אֲנִי עִמָּם רָעָה׃ (3584)

See also: Judges 14:15, Genesis 34:13

4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשֹׁון וַיִּלְכֹּד שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאֹות שׁוּעָלִים וַיִּקַּח לַפִּדִים וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶל־זָנָב וַיָּשֶׂם לַפִּיד אֶחָד בֵּין־שְׁנֵי הַזְּנָבֹות בַּתָּוֶךְ׃ (4761)

See also: 2 Samuel 14:30, Lamentations 5:18, Psalms 63:10, Song of Solomon 2:15, Exodus 22:6

5And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

וַיַּבְעֶר־אֵשׁ בַּלַּפִּידִים וַיְשַׁלַּח בְּקָמֹות פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּבְעֵר מִגָּדִישׁ וְעַד־קָמָה וְעַד־כֶּרֶם זָיִת׃ (4154)

See also: Exodus 22:6, 2 Samuel 14:30

6Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים מִי עָשָׂה זֹאת וַיֹּאמְרוּ שִׁמְשֹׁון חֲתַן הַתִּמְנִי כִּי לָקַח אֶת־אִשְׁתֹּו וַיִּתְּנָהּ לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ וַיַּעֲלוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אֹותָהּ וְאֶת־אָבִיהָ בָּאֵשׁ׃ (8700)

See also: Judges 14:15, Proverbs 22:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Judges 12:1, Judges 14:20, Esther 4:14

7And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשֹׁון אִם־תַּעֲשׂוּן כָּזֹאת כִּי אִם־נִקַּמְתִּי בָכֶם וְאַחַר אֶחְדָּל׃ (3314)

See also: Esther 7:10, Romans 12:19, Judges 14:4, Judges 14:19, Zechariah 6:8

8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

וַיַּךְ אֹותָם שֹׁוק עַל־יָרֵךְ מַכָּה גְדֹולָה וַיֵּרֶד וַיֵּשֶׁב בִּסְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם׃ (2381)

See also: Hebrews 11:34, Isaiah 25:10, Judges 14:6, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 63:6, Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 16:24, 1 Samuel 23:25, 2 Chronicles 11:6, Job 16:14, Psalms 108:13, Judges 16:30

9Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

וַיַּעֲלוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּחֲנוּ בִּיהוּדָה וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ בַּלֶּחִי׃ (1525)

See also: Judges 15:17, Judges 15:19, Judges 15:14

10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ יְהוּדָה לָמָה עֲלִיתֶם עָלֵינוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֶאֱסֹור אֶת־שִׁמְשֹׁון עָלִינוּ לַעֲשֹׂות לֹו כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לָנוּ׃ (5042)

11Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

וַיֵּרְדוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים אִישׁ מִיהוּדָה אֶל־סְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְשִׁמְשֹׁון הֲלֹא יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־מֹשְׁלִים בָּנוּ פְּלִשְׁתִּים וּמַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לִי כֵּן עָשִׂיתִי לָהֶם׃ (8744)

See also: Judges 13:1, Judges 14:4, Psalms 106:40-42, Deuteronomy 28:13, Deuteronomy 28:43, Deuteronomy 28:47-48, 1 Kings 20:4, 1 Chronicles 4:3, Proverbs 24:29, Revelation 8:10

12And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹו לֶאֱסָרְךָ יָרַדְנוּ לְתִתְּךָ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְשֹׁון הִשָּׁבְעוּ לִי פֶּן־תִּפְגְּעוּן בִּי אַתֶּם׃ (5249)

See also: Matthew 27:2, Judges 8:21, 1 Kings 2:25, 1 Kings 2:34, Acts 7:25

13And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹו לֵאמֹר לֹא כִּי־אָסֹר נֶאֱסָרְךָ וּנְתַנּוּךָ בְיָדָם וְהָמֵת לֹא נְמִיתֶךָ וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ בִּשְׁנַיִם עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים וַיַּעֲלוּהוּ מִן־הַסָּלַע׃ (4775)

See also: Judges 16:11, Acts 21:33

14And 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.

הוּא־בָא עַד־לֶחִי וּפְלִשְׁתִּים הֵרִיעוּ לִקְרָאתֹו וַתִּצְלַח עָלָיו רוּחַ יְהוָה וַתִּהְיֶינָה הָעֲבֹתִים אֲשֶׁר עַל־זְרֹועֹותָיו כַּפִּשְׁתִּים אֲשֶׁר בָּעֲרוּ בָאֵשׁ וַיִּמַּסּוּ אֱסוּרָיו מֵעַל יָדָיו׃ (7747)

15And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.

וַיִּמְצָא לְחִי־חֲמֹור טְרִיָּה וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדֹו וַיִּקָּחֶהָ וַיַּךְ־בָּהּ אֶלֶף אִישׁ׃ (1641)

See also: Joshua 23:10, Leviticus 26:8, Judges 3:31, 1 Samuel 17:49-50, Judges 4:21, 1 Corinthians 1:27-28, Judges 7:16, 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:14, 1 Samuel 17:50, Judges 14:6, 1 Corinthians 1:25, Deuteronomy 33:22, 1 Samuel 17:40, Judges 16:30

16And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְשֹׁון בִּלְחִי הַחֲמֹור חֲמֹור חֲמֹרָתָיִם בִּלְחִי הַחֲמֹור הִכֵּיתִי אֶלֶף אִישׁ׃ (3390)

See also: Judges 16:24

17And 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.

וַיְהִי כְּכַלֹּתֹו לְדַבֵּר וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ הַלְּחִי מִיָּדֹו וַיִּקְרָא לַמָּקֹום הַהוּא רָמַת לֶחִי׃ (2460)

See also: Judges 15:9

18And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

וַיִּצְמָא מְאֹד וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר אַתָּה נָתַתָּ בְיַד־עַבְדְּךָ אֶת־הַתְּשׁוּעָה הַגְּדֹלָה הַזֹּאת וְעַתָּה אָמוּת בַּצָּמָא וְנָפַלְתִּי בְּיַד הָעֲרֵלִים׃ (5846)

19But 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.

וַיִּבְקַע אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ אֲשֶׁר־בַּלֶּחִי וַיֵּצְאוּ מִמֶּנּוּ מַיִם וַיֵּשְׁתְּ וַתָּשָׁב רוּחֹו וַיֶּחִי עַל־כֵּן ׀ קָרָא שְׁמָהּ עֵין הַקֹּורֵא אֲשֶׁר בַּלֶּחִי עַד הַיֹּום הַזֶּה׃ (5969)

See also: Genesis 45:27, 1 Samuel 30:12, Isaiah 44:3, Judges 15:9, Psalms 34:6, Genesis 16:13, Isaiah 40:29, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 30:30, Exodus 17:15, Psalms 120:1, Isaiah 40:26, Isaiah 41:17-18

20And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה׃ (3244)

See also: Judges 13:1, Judges 16:31, Judges 13:5, Genesis 49:16, Hebrews 11:32