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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:16

Judges 15:16. Heaps upon heaps, &c. Hebrew, a heap, two heaps. As much as to say, I have not only slain enow to make one heap, but two or more. I have slain a thousand men What could be too hard for him to do, on whom the Spirit of the Lord came mightily? This seems like a short hymn or song of triumph, which Samson uttered after he had routed the Philistines. It is strange that the men of Judah did not now, at least, come to his assistance. But he was to be a type of him who ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:17-18

Judges 15:17-18. He called that place Ramath-lehi That is, The lifting up, or, casting away of the jaw-bone. He gave it this name in order to perpetuate the memory of this action. And he was sore athirst A natural effect of the great labour he had used. And perhaps there was the hand of God therein, to chastise him for not making mention of God in his song, and to keep him from being proud of his strength. One would have thought that the men of Judah would have met him with bread and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

Samson’s exploits (14:1-16:31)So dominant were the Philistines in Israel, that the Israelites had decided to live with them peacefully rather than try to rise up in armed rebellion. Samson had other ideas. He thought that his marriage to a Philistine woman would give him the opportunity to do some harm to the enemy (14:1-4).In spite of Samson’s desire to help Israel, he had little respect for either his Nazirite vow or the Israelite law. He handled a dead lion, married a Philistine woman and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:15

jawbone of an ass. One of the seven "weak things" in Judges. See note on Judges 3:21 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:16

With. Note the alternation of four lines. Another pointing of the second line given in Septuagint is, chamor chamartlm = "destroying I destroyed them", which by Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) = I utterly destroyed them. There is also the Figure of speech Antanaclasis in the words chamor, "ass", and "destroyed". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:17

Bamath-lehi = the uplifting of the jawbone. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:15

Judges 15:15. A new jaw-bone of an ass— Of an ass that had not been long dead, properly rendered moist in the margin of our Bibles; not so brittle as one that was dry, and had long lain in the air and the sun. No doubt, this event must be ascribed to the providence of God, who thus fulfilled the promise he had made to the Israelites, that no one should be able to stand before them, and that one man of them should chase a thousand; Leviticus 26:8. Bochart. Hieroz. pars 1: lib. 2: cap. 15 and a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:16

Judges 15:16. Samson said, with the jaw-bone of an ass, &c.— Samson, upon this victory, composed a triumphant song, or ode, of which this verse appears to have been the chorus or burden. Houbigant renders it, With the jaw-bone of an ass have I dispersed them; With the jaw-bone of an ass have I slain a thousand men. REFLECTIONS.—Unable any longer to bear such treatment, the Philistines gathered their armies, not to fight with Israel, but to oblige them to give up their enemy Samson.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:16

16. With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men—The inadequacy of the weapon plainly shows this to have been a miraculous feat, "a case of supernatural strength," just as the gift of prophecy is a case of supernatural knowledge [CHALMERS]. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:17

9-17. Then the Philistines went up—to the high land of Judah. and spread themselves in Lehi—now El-Lekieh, abounding with limestone cliffs; the sides of which are perforated with caves. The object of the Philistines in this expedition was to apprehend Samson, in revenge for the great slaughter he had committed on their people. With a view of freeing his own countrymen from all danger from the infuriated Philistines, he allowed himself to be bound and surrendered a fettered prisoner into their... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:17-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Judges 15:1-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Judges 15:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:16

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:17

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