Judges 15
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 15 of 21
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
People & Context
Burns the Philistines' grain with foxes, is bound by Judah, and slays a thousand with a jawbone
Father of Samson's wife who gave her to another; he and his daughter are burned by the Philistines
Three thousand who bind Samson and hand him to the Philistines, fearing their rulers
Timeline
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 15:1-3Samson catches 300 foxes, ties torches between their tails, and releases them to burn the Philistine grain stacks, vineyards, and oliveyards.
Judges 15:4-5Discovering Samson's reason for the arson, the Philistines retaliate by burning his former wife and her father with fire.
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