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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Judges 15 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/judges/15.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/judges/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Judges 15</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../judges/14.htm" title="Judges 14">◄</a> Judges 15 <a href="../judges/16.htm" title="Judges 16">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/judges/15.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Samson Burns the Philistine Harvest</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A while later during the wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife, bringing along a young goat, and told his father-in-law,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:1 The Heb. lacks to his father-in-law">a</a></span> “I’m going into my wife’s room.” But her father wouldn’t give permission for him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:1 The Heb. lacks permission for him">b</a></span> to go.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Her father said, “Because I honestly thought that you hated her deeply, I gave her in marriage to your best man.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:2 Lit. your acquaintance; cf. Judg 14:20; 15:7">c</a></span> Isn’t her younger sister better than she? Please then, let her be yours instead.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Samson replied to them, “This time I’ll be blameless when I do something evil to the Philistines.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Samson went out, caught 300 foxes, grabbed some torches,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:4 Or firebrands">d</a></span> tied<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:4 Lit. turned">e</a></span> the foxes together in pairs at their tails,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:4 Lit. foxes tail to tail">f</a></span> and fastened a torch<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:4 Or firebrand">g</a></span> between each pair of tails. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he ignited the torches, set the foxes loose into the Philistines’ unharvested grain, and burned up both the harvested shocks and the standing grain, along with their vineyards and olive groves.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the Philistines demanded, “Who did this?”</p> <p class="reg">Someone said, “Samson, son-in-law of the Timnite, because his father-in-law<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:6 Lit. because he">h</a></span> took Samson’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:6 Lit. his">i</a></span> wife and gave her to the best man at Samson’s wedding.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:6 Lit. to his acquaintance; cf. Judg 14:20, 15:2">j</a></span> In retaliation, the Philistines came up and burned her and her father to death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Samson replied to them, “Because you did this, I’m not going to stop until I get my revenge against you!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So he attacked them ruthlessly<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:8 Lit. them hip and thigh">k</a></span> in a massive slaughter, then left to live in the caves of Etam. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In response, the Philistines went up, encamped in the territory of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:9 The Heb. lacks the territory of">l</a></span> Judah, and raided<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:9 Or and spread out in">m</a></span> Lehi.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The leading<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:10 The Heb. lacks leading ">n</a></span> men of Judah asked, “Why have you invaded us?”</p> <p class="reg">They replied, “We’re here to arrest Samson. Then we’re going to do to him what he did to us.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In response, 3,000 soldiers from the tribe of Judah went down to the caves of the rock of Etam and asked Samson, “Don’t you know that the Philistines have us in their control? What have you done to us?”</p> <p class="reg">“I did to them what they did to me,” he answered.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>They responded, “We’ve come here to arrest you and transfer you to the custody of the Philistines.”</p> <p class="reg">Samson told them, “Promise me that you won’t kill me.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So they said, “No, we won’t. But we’re going to tie you up securely and transfer you to their custody. But we won’t kill you.” Then they bound him with two ropes and brought him up from the caves.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:13 Lit. rock">o</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Samson Kills 1,000 Philistines</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When Samson<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:14 Lit. he">p</a></span> arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, so that the ropes that bound him were like flax that’s been burned by fire, and his bonds dissolved. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He happened upon a jawbone from a putrefying donkey, reached out to grab it, and killed 1,000 men with it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Samson declared,</p> <p class="poetry2">“With a jawbone from the donkey—</p> <p class="poetry2">here a heap, there a pair of heaps—<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:16 i.e. multiple encounters with the Philistines; MT word heap is a word play on the identically spelled Heb. word donkey">q</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">with the jawbone of the donkey</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">I’ve killed 1,000 men.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When he finally finished bragging, he discarded the jawbone and named that place “Jawbone Heights.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:17 Lit. Ramath-lehi">r</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Aferward, he became thirsty, called out to the LORD, and told him, “So, you provided this great deliverance at the hands<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:18 Lit. hand">s</a></span> of your servant, but now I’m to die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So God split a hollow place that’s in Lehi, and water sprang out of it. After he had taken a drink, his strength returned, and he revived. That’s why it was named “En-hakkore,”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:19 MT word En-hakkore means The Spring of the One Who Calls Out">t</a></span> which is in Lehi to this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/judges/15-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Samson<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="15:20 Lit. He">u</a></span> governed Israel for twenty years during the Philistine domination.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 15:1 The Heb. lacks <i>to his father-in-law</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 15:1 The Heb. lacks <i>permission for him</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 15:2 Lit. <i>your acquaintance</i>; cf. Judg 14:20; 15:7<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 15:4 Or <i>firebrands</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 15:4 Lit. <i>turned</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 15:4 Lit. <i>foxes tail to tail</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 15:4 Or <i>firebrand</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 15:6 Lit. <i>because he</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 15:6 Lit. <i>his</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 15:6 Lit. <i>to his acquaintance</i>; cf. Judg 14:20, 15:2<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 15:8 Lit. <i>them hip and thigh</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 15:9 The Heb. lacks <i>the territory of</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 15:9 Or <i>and spread out in</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 15:10 The Heb. lacks <i>leading </i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 15:13 Lit. <i>rock</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 15:14 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 15:16 i.e. multiple encounters with the Philistines; MT word <i>heap</i> is a word play on the identically spelled Heb. word <i>donkey</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 15:17 Lit. <i>Ramath-lehi</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 15:18 Lit. <i>hand</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 15:19 MT word <i>En-hakkore</i> means <i>The Spring of the One Who Calls Out</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 15:20 Lit. <i>He</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/judges/15-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>