Judges 15:9

15:9 The Philistines went up and invaded ¹  Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle ²  in Lehi.

Judges 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ³  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ⁴  fire, and they ⁵  melted away from his hands.

Judges 15:19

15:19 So God split open the basin ⁶  at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength ⁷  was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring ⁸  En Hakkore. ⁹  It remains in Lehi to this very day.

[15:9]  ¹ tn Or “camped in.”

[15:9]  ² tn Or “spread out.” The Niphal of נָטָשׁ (natash) has this same sense in 2 Sam 5:18, 22.

[15:14]  ³ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “burned with.”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “his bonds.”

[15:19]  ⁶ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

[15:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “spirit.”

[15:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:19]  ⁹ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”