Text -- Judges 15:19-20 (NET)

15:19 So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day. 15:20 Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jdg 15:19

¹ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

² tn Heb “spirit.”

³ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”

NET Notes: Jdg 15:20

¹ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

² tn Heb “in the days of the Philistines.”