Judges 15

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 15 of 21

1 And it happened afterward, in the days of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid of the goats. And he said, I will go in to my wife, to the inner room. And her father would not allow him to go in.

2 And her father said, I said that hating you would hate her, and I gave her to your companion. Is not her sister, the young one, better than she? Please let her belong to you, instead of her.

3 And Samson said to them, This time I will be blameless regarding the Philistines, though I am doing evil with them.

Read full chapter in the Bible Reader

Chapter Summary

Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burns the Philistines' grain. 6 The Philistines burn his wife and her father. 7 Samson smites the Philistines. 9 The men of Judah bind him and deliver him to the Philistines. 14 He smites a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.

Key Hebrew Words

כֶּ֥רֶם vineyard H3754 · TWOT 1040a
הֵרִ֣יעוּ raise a shout H7321 · TWOT 2135
יְהוּדָ֔ה Judah H3063 · TWOT 850c
זָֽיִת olive-tree H2132 · TWOT 548
אֲלָפִ֨ים thousand H505 · TWOT 109a

People & Context

Samson is Denied His Wife

During wheat harvest, Samson returns to visit his wife but her father blocks him, explaining she was given to another and offering her younger sister …

Samson Burns the Philistine Crops

Samson catches 300 foxes, ties torches between their tails, and releases them to burn the Philistine grain stacks, vineyards, and oliveyards.

The Philistines Burn Samson's Wife

Discovering Samson's reason for the arson, the Philistines retaliate by burning his former wife and her father with fire.

Timeline

Samson is Denied His Wife

During wheat harvest, Samson returns to visit his wife but her father blocks him, explaining she was given to another and offering her younger sister instead. Samson declares he will now do evil to the Philistines.

Judges 15:1-3
Samson Burns the Philistine Crops

Samson catches 300 foxes, ties torches between their tails, and releases them to burn the Philistine grain stacks, vineyards, and oliveyards.

Judges 15:4-5
The Philistines Burn Samson's Wife

Discovering Samson's reason for the arson, the Philistines retaliate by burning his former wife and her father with fire.

Judges 15:6

Read Judges 15 in the KJ3 Reader

Word-for-word literal translation with Hebrew interlinear, Strong's numbers, and audio.

Open in Bible Reader
Judges 14JudgesJudges 16