New International Reader s Version - NIrV - 1996
Judges 15
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Later on, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat with him. He went at the time the wheat was being gathered. He said, "I'm going to my wife's room." But her father wouldn't let him go in.
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Her father said, "I was sure you really hated her. So I gave her to your friend. Isn't her younger sister more beautiful? Take her instead."
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Samson said to them, "This time I have a right to get even with the Philistines. I'm going to hurt them badly."
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Parallel theme
Judges 14:15
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So he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied them in pairs by their tails. Then he tied a torch to each pair of tails.
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He lit the torches. He let the foxes loose in the fields of grain that belonged to the Philistines. He burned up the grain that had been cut and stacked. He burned up the grain that was still growing. He also burned up the vineyards and olive trees.
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The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" They were told, "Samson did. He's the son-in-law of the man from Timnah. Samson did it because his wife was given to his friend." So the Philistines went up and burned the woman and her father to death.
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He struck them down with heavy blows. He killed many of them. Then he went down and stayed in a cave. It was in the rock of Etam.
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📍 Etam 1
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The men of Judah asked, "Why have you come to fight against us?" "We've come to take Samson as our prisoner," they answered. "We want to do to him what he did to us."
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Then 3,000 men from Judah went to get Samson. They went down to the cave that was in the rock of Etam. They said to Samson, "Don't you realize the Philistines are ruling over us? What have you done to us?" Samson answered, "I only did to them what they did to me."
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📍 Etam 1
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The men of Judah said to him, "We've come to tie you up. We're going to hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said, "Take an oath and promise me you won't kill me yourselves."
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"We agree," they answered. "We'll only tie you up and hand you over to them. We won't kill you." So they tied him up with two new ropes. They led him up from the rock.
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Samson approached Lehi. The Philistines came toward him shouting. Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Samson with power. The ropes on his arms became like burned thread. They dropped off his hands.
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📍 Lehi
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1 Samuel 17:35
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Psalm 118:11
Spirit
Judges 14:19
1 Samuel 11:6
Judges 14:6
Judges 3:10
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Then Samson said, "By using a donkey's jawbone I've made them look like donkeys. By using a donkey's jawbone I've struck down 1,000 men."
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Samson finished speaking. Then he threw the jawbone away. That's why the place was called Ramath Lehi.
📍 Ramath-lehi
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Samson was very thirsty. So he cried out to the Lord. He said, "You have helped me win this great battle. Do I have to die of thirst now? Must I fall into the power of people who haven't even been circumcised? They aren't your people."
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Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi. Water came out of it. When Samson drank the water, his strength returned. He felt as good as new. So the spring was called En Hakkore. It's still there in Lehi.
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Summary of Judges 15
Judges, chapter 15. Here we have the continuation of the fight between Samson and the Philistines. After the wedding trouble, Samson goes to his wife's house to see her but is told she has been given to another man. Samson takes revenge on the Philistines by destroying their corn and then killing many of them. The Philistines retaliate against the people of Judah, who hand Samson over to them. Samson escapes and kills a thousand Philistine soldiers with the jawbone of a donkey.
A while later, Samson goes to his wife's house during the wheat harvest and brings her a young goat as a gift. He wants to go into her room, but her father refuses him to do so, claiming that he thought Samson hated his daughter and gave her to one of his companions.
Instead, the father offers Samson his younger daughter, who is even more beautiful than her sister. Samson refuses the offer and is furious that his wife was given to another man and decides to take revenge on the Philistines.
Samson catches three hundred foxes and ties them together in pairs with a torch between each pair of tails. He lets the foxes go to run wild into the standing grain of the Philistines, where the fire catches the grain, the vineyards, and the olive trees. The Philistines are furious at the destruction and blame Samson's father-in-law for giving his daughter to Samson, not knowing that he is the one responsible for the attack.
The Philistines burn Samson's ex-wife and her father. Samson tells them that he will take further revenge, and he kills many of the Philistines. He goes down and hides in the cave of the rock of Etam.
The Philistines raise a great army and come into Judah to capture Samson. The people of Judah are terrified at the prospect of the Philistines ruling over them.
Three thousand men of Judah go to the rock of Etam and confront Samson, asking him if he realizes the Philistines now rule over them and why he has made this trouble for them.
Samson tells them that because they have made him to make this trouble, he has only done to the Philistines what they have done to me. Samson's men tell him they have come to capture him and deliver him to the Philistines, but Samson tells them that they will not kill him.
They bind Samson and bring him up from the rock of Etam to Lehi, and the Philistines come towards him shouting.
The Spirit of the Lord comes powerfully upon Samson, and the ropes on his arms are like the cords of burned flax, falling away from him. Samson sees the fresh jawbone of a donkey lying there and takes it up as a weapon.
Samson kills one thousand Philistine men with the jaw of the ass. He says, "With the jawbone of an ass heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
The men of Judah bind Samson with two new cords and deliver him to the Philistines. As they bring him to Lehi, the Philistines shout to meet him.
But the Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson mighty power, and the cords of his arms become like cords of flax, and the flames consume them.
Samson cries unto the Lord and asks why he should die thirsting after such a victory and is afraid that he is falling into the hands of the uncircumcised.
God supplies him with water flowing out of a hollow place at Lehi, and he drinks water and his strength returns to him.
The place is called En-hakkore, concerning the spring that called unto Israel. The spring is called En-hakkore, and the Lord showed him mercy, and he was delivered from the hands of the uncircumcised.
The chapter ends by describing that Samson rules over Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
Judges 15 is about the continuation of the fight between Samson and the Philistines. It starts with a trouble over his wife and progresses to the revenge of the Philistines and the Philistines burning Samson's ex-wife and her father. Samson kills many of the Philistines and hides in the cave of the rock of Etam. The Philistines come to capture him, and Samson's men deliver him to the Philistines and bind him with two new cords. But the Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson mighty power, and the ropes of flax fall away from him.
Samson sees the fresh jawbone of a donkey lying there and takes it up as a weapon and kills one thousand Philistine men with it. Samson is afraid that he is falling into the hands of the uncircumcised. God supplies him with water flowing out of a hollow place at Lehi, and he drinks water and his strength returns to him.
The chapter ends by describing that Samson rules over Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
The story of Samson and the Philistines in Judges 15 is a continuation of the feud between Samson and the Philistines. It starts with a trouble over his wife and progresses to the revenge of the Philistines and the burning of Samson's ex-wife and her father. Samson kills many of the Philistines and hides in the cave of the rock of Etam. The Philistines come to capture him, and Samson's men deliver him to the Philistines and bind him with two new cords. But the Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson mighty power, and the ropes of flax fall away from him.
Samson sees the fresh jawbone of a donkey lying there and takes it up as a weapon and kills one thousand Philistine men with it. Samson is afraid that he is falling into the hands of the uncircumcised. God supplies him with water flowing out of a hollow place at Lehi, and he drinks water and his strength returns to him.
A while later, Samson goes to his wife's house during the wheat harvest and brings her a young goat as a gift. He wants to go into her room, but her father refuses him to do so, claiming that he thought Samson hated his daughter and gave her to one of his companions.
Instead, the father offers Samson his younger daughter, who is even more beautiful than her sister. Samson refuses the offer and is furious that his wife was given to another man and decides to take revenge on the Philistines.
Samson catches three hundred foxes and ties them together in pairs with a torch between each pair of tails. He lets the foxes go to run wild into the standing grain of the Philistines, where the fire catches the grain, the vineyards, and the olive trees. The Philistines are furious at the destruction and blame Samson's father-in-law for giving his daughter to Samson, not knowing that he is the one responsible for the attack.
The Philistines burn Samson's ex-wife and her father. Samson tells them that he will take further revenge, and he kills many of the Philistines. He goes down and hides in the cave of the rock of Etam.
The Philistines raise a great army and come into Judah to capture Samson. The people of Judah are terrified at the prospect of the Philistines ruling over them.
Three thousand men of Judah go to the rock of Etam and confront Samson, asking him if he realizes the Philistines now rule over them and why he has made this trouble for them.
Samson tells them that because they have made him to make this trouble, he has only done to the Philistines what they have done to me. Samson's men tell him they have come to capture him and deliver him to the Philistines, but Samson tells them that they will not kill him.
They bind Samson and bring him up from the rock of Etam to Lehi, and the Philistines come towards him shouting.
The Spirit of the Lord comes powerfully upon Samson, and the ropes on his arms are like the cords of burned flax, falling away from him. Samson sees the fresh jawbone of a donkey lying there and takes it up as a weapon.
Samson kills one thousand Philistine men with the jaw of the ass. He says, "With the jawbone of an ass heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
The men of Judah bind Samson with two new cords and deliver him to the Philistines. As they bring him to Lehi, the Philistines shout to meet him.
But the Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson mighty power, and the cords of his arms become like cords of flax, and the flames consume them.
Samson cries unto the Lord and asks why he should die thirsting after such a victory and is afraid that he is falling into the hands of the uncircumcised.
God supplies him with water flowing out of a hollow place at Lehi, and he drinks water and his strength returns to him.
The place is called En-hakkore, concerning the spring that called unto Israel. The spring is called En-hakkore, and the Lord showed him mercy, and he was delivered from the hands of the uncircumcised.
The chapter ends by describing that Samson rules over Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
Judges 15 is about the continuation of the fight between Samson and the Philistines. It starts with a trouble over his wife and progresses to the revenge of the Philistines and the Philistines burning Samson's ex-wife and her father. Samson kills many of the Philistines and hides in the cave of the rock of Etam. The Philistines come to capture him, and Samson's men deliver him to the Philistines and bind him with two new cords. But the Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson mighty power, and the ropes of flax fall away from him.
Samson sees the fresh jawbone of a donkey lying there and takes it up as a weapon and kills one thousand Philistine men with it. Samson is afraid that he is falling into the hands of the uncircumcised. God supplies him with water flowing out of a hollow place at Lehi, and he drinks water and his strength returns to him.
The chapter ends by describing that Samson rules over Israel in the days of the Philistines for twenty years.
The story of Samson and the Philistines in Judges 15 is a continuation of the feud between Samson and the Philistines. It starts with a trouble over his wife and progresses to the revenge of the Philistines and the burning of Samson's ex-wife and her father. Samson kills many of the Philistines and hides in the cave of the rock of Etam. The Philistines come to capture him, and Samson's men deliver him to the Philistines and bind him with two new cords. But the Spirit of the Lord comes upon Samson mighty power, and the ropes of flax fall away from him.
Samson sees the fresh jawbone of a donkey lying there and takes it up as a weapon and kills one thousand Philistine men with it. Samson is afraid that he is falling into the hands of the uncircumcised. God supplies him with water flowing out of a hollow place at Lehi, and he drinks water and his strength returns to him.