Judges 15:17-19

15:17 When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down ¹  and named that place Ramath Lehi. ² 

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ³  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ⁴  15:19 So God split open the basin ⁵  at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength ⁶  was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring ⁷  En Hakkore. ⁸  It remains in Lehi to this very day.

[15:17]  ¹ tn Heb “from his hand.”

[15:17]  ² sn The name Ramath Lehi means “Height of the Jawbone.”

[15:18]  ³ tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

[15:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.

[15:19]  ⁵ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

[15:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “spirit.”

[15:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:19]  ⁸ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”