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Judges 15:1-18

15:1

But it came to pass within a while after
<03117>_,

in the time
<03117>

of wheat
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harvest
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that Samson
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visited
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his wife
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with a kid
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and he said
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I will go in
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to my wife
<0802>

into the chamber
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But her father
<01>

would not suffer
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him to go in
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15:2

And her father
<01>

said
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I verily
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thought
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that thou hadst utterly
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hated
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her; therefore I gave
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her to thy companion
<04828>_:

[is] not her younger
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sister
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fairer
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than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. {take...: Heb. let her be thine}

15:3

And Samson
<08123>

said
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concerning them, Now
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shall I be more blameless
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than the Philistines
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though I do
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them a displeasure
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{more...: or, blameless from the Philistines though, etc}

15:4

And Samson
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went
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and caught
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three
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hundred
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foxes
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and took
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firebrands
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and turned
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tail
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to tail
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and put
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a
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firebrand
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in the midst
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between two
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tails
<02180>_.

{firebrands: or, torches}

15:5

And when he had set
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the brands
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on fire
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he let [them] go
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into the standing corn
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of the Philistines
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and burnt up
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both the shocks
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and also the standing corn
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with the vineyards
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[and] olives
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15:6

Then the Philistines
<06430>

said
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Who hath done
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this? And they answered
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Samson
<08123>_,

the son in law
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of the Timnite
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because he had taken
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his wife
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and given
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her to his companion
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And the Philistines
<06430>

came up
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and burnt
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her and her father
<01>

with fire
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15:7

And Samson
<08123>

said
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unto them, Though
<0518>

ye have done
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this
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yet will I be avenged
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of you, and after
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that I will cease
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15:8

And he smote
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them hip
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and
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thigh
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with a great
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slaughter
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and he went down
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and dwelt
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in the top
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of the rock
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Etam
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15:9

Then the Philistines
<06430>

went up
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and pitched
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in Judah
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and spread
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themselves in Lehi
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15:10

And the men
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of Judah
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said
<0559> (8799)_,

Why are ye come up
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against us? And they answered
<0559> (8799)_,

To bind
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Samson
<08123>

are we come up
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to do
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to him as he hath done
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to us.

15:11

Then three
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thousand
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men
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of Judah
<03063>

went
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to the top
<05585>

of the rock
<05553>

Etam
<05862>_,

and said
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to Samson
<08123>_,

Knowest
<03045> (8804)

thou not that the Philistines
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[are] rulers
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over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done
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unto us? And he said
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unto them, As they did
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unto me, so have I done
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unto them. {went: Heb. went down}

15:12

And they said
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unto him, We are come down
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to bind
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thee, that we may deliver
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thee into the hand
<03027>

of the Philistines
<06430>_.

And Samson
<08123>

said
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unto them, Swear
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unto me, that ye will not fall upon
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me yourselves.

15:13

And they spake
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unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

No; but we will bind
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thee fast
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and deliver
<05414> (8804)

thee into their hand
<03027>_:

but surely
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we will not kill
<04191> (8686)

thee. And they bound
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him with two
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new
<02319>

cords
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and brought him up
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from the rock
<05553>_.

15:14

[And] when he came
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unto Lehi
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the Philistines
<06430>

shouted
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against
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him: and the Spirit
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of the LORD
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came mightily
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upon him, and the cords
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that [were] upon his arms
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became as flax
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that was burnt
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with fire
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and his bands
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loosed
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from off his hands
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{loosed: Heb. were melted}

15:15

And he found
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a new
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jawbone
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of an ass
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and put forth
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his hand
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and took
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it, and slew
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a thousand
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men
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therewith. {new: Heb. moist}

15:16

And Samson
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said
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With the jawbone
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of an ass
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heaps
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upon heaps
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with the jaw
<03895>

of an ass
<02543>

have I slain
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a thousand
<0505>

men
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{heaps upon...: Heb. an heap, two heaps}

15:17

And it came to pass, when he had made an end
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of speaking
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that he cast away
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the jawbone
<03895>

out of his hand
<03027>_,

and called
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that place
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Ramathlehi
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{Ramathlehi: that is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone}

15:18

And he was sore
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athirst
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and called
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on the LORD
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and said
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Thou hast given
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this great
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deliverance
<08668>

into the hand
<03027>

of thy servant
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and now shall I die
<04191> (8799)

for thirst
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and fall
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into the hand
<03027>

of the uncircumcised
<06189>_?