Judg 15 | ABEn | STEP | And it came to pass after some days, at the days [ 2 harvest 1 of the wheat], that Samson visited his wife, carrying a kid of the goats. And he said, I shall enter to my wife into the bedroom. But [ 2 would not 3 grant 4 him 1 her father] to enter.

Judges 15

CHAPTER 15 Samson is Denied His Wife

1 And it came to pass after some days, at the days [²harvest ¹of the wheat], that Samson visited his wife, carrying a kid of the goats. And he said, I shall enter to my wife into the bedroom. But [²would not ³grant ⁴him ¹her father] to enter. 2 And [²said ¹her father], In saying, I said that, By detesting you detested her; and I gave her to your companion. [³not ¹Behold ⁶sister ⁴her ⁵younger ⁷better ⁸than she ²is]? Let her be to you instead of her!

Samson Burns the Fields of the Philistines

3 And [²said ³to him ¹Samson], I am innocent this once concerning the Philistines, that I myself should do [²with ³you ¹evils]. 4 And Samson went and seized three hundred foxes, and took lamps, and tied together tail to tail, and put [²lamp ¹one] between the two tails, and guided them. 5 And he kindled fire in the lamps, and he sent them out in the ears of corn of the Philistines. And he burned the ears of corn from the threshing-floor, and unto [²ears of corn ¹the straight standing], and unto the vineyard, and olive orchards. 6 And [³said ¹the ²Philistines], Who did these things? And they said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife, and he gave her to his male companion. And [³ascended up ¹the ²Philistines] and burnt her and the house of her father by fire. 7 And [²said ³to them ¹Samson], Since you should do thus, I shall not think well, but [²my vengeance ³against ⁵one ⁴each ⁶of you ¹I will execute]. 8 And he struck them leg on thigh [²beating ¹with a great]. And he went down and sat at the hole in the rock of Etam. 9 And [³ascended ¹the ²Philistines] and camped in Judah, and cast forth about Lehi. 10 And [⁴said ⁵to them ¹every ²man ³of Judah], Why have you ascended against us? And [³said ¹the ²Philistines], [²to tie up ³Samson ¹We ascended], and to do to him in which manner he did to us. 11 And [⁵went down ¹three thousand ²men ³of ⁴Judah] unto the hole in the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Do you not behold that [³dominate ¹the ²Philistines] us? Then why [²these things ¹did you do] to us? And [²said ³to them ¹Samson], In which manner they did to me, so I did to them. 12 And they said to him, [²to tie ³you ¹We came down], to deliver you up into the hands of the Philistines. And [²said ³to them ¹Samson], Swear to me by an oath to not kill me yourselves, that lest at any time you should meet up with me yourselves. 13 And they swore by an oath to him, saying, No, but only by a bond will we tie you, for we should deliver you up into their hands; but to death we will not kill you. And they tied him with two [²ropes ¹new], and bore him from the rock. 14 And he came unto Jaw, and the Philistines shouted and ran to meet him. And [³straightened ⁴upon ⁵him ¹spirit ²of the lord], and [⁵became ¹the ²ropes ³in ⁴his arms] as hemp when [²smells ¹fire], and [³melted away ¹the ²bonds] from his arms.

Samson Strikes with the Jawbone of a Donkey

15 And he found a jaw bone of a donkey having been tossed. And he stretched out his hand, and took it, and struck with it a thousand men. 16 And Samson said, By the jaw bone of a donkey, in wiping away, I wiped them away, for by the jaw bone of the donkey I struck a thousand men. 17 And it came to pass when he finished speaking, that he tossed the jaw bone from his hand, and he called that place, Removal of the Jaw. 18 And he thirsted exceedingly, and he yelled to the lord, and said, You gave by the hand of your servant [³deliverance ²great ¹this], and now shall I die in thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19 And God opened the gash, the one in Jaw, and there came forth from out of it waters, and he drank, and [²was restored ¹his spirit], and he lived. Because of this [²is called ¹its name], Spring of the Calling Upon, which is in Jaw until this day. 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.