Judges 15:19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Judges 15:18-20

Here is, I. The distress which Samson was in after this great performance (Jdg. 15:18): He was sore athirst. It was a natural effect of the great heat he had been in, and the great pains he had taken; his zeal consumed him, ate him up, and made him forget himself, till, when he had time to pause a little, he found himself reduced to the last extremity for want of water and ready to faint. Perhaps there was a special hand of God in it, as there was in the whole transaction; and God would hereby... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Judges 15:19

And God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout ,.... A socket in which was fastened one of the teeth, and was in the form of a mortar; so Jarchi and Ben Melech, as the word for an hollow place signifies; one of the grinders was knocked out, and so the place where it had been was left hollow, and out of that sprung a stream or flow of water; which was very wonderful, since out of such a place rather blood, or purulent matter, would naturally have issued; the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Judges 15:19

God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw - בלחי אשר asher ballechi , that was in Lehi; that is, there was a hollow place in this Lehi, and God caused a fountain to spring up in it. Because the place was hollow it was capable of containing the water that rose up in it, and thus of becoming a well. En-hakkore - The well of the implorer; this name he gave to the spot where the water rose, in order to perpetuate the bounty of God in affording him this miraculous... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:19

An hollow place that was in the jaw - The right translation is, “the hollow place which is in Lehi.” The word translated “hollow place,” means a “mortar” Proverbs 27:22, and is here evidently a hollow or basin among the cliffs of Lehi, which, from its shape, was called “the mortar.” A spring, on the way from Socho to Eleutheropolis, was commonly called Samson’s spring in the time of Jerome and writers in the 7th, 12th, and 14th centuries. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 15:19

Judges 15:19. God clave a hollow place in the jaw Or rather, a cavity that was in Lehi, as he had just named the place, Judges 15:17, and as the same word is rendered in the latter part of this verse. “It is very evident,” says Dr. Dodd, “from what follows, that our translation” (namely, in the former part of the verse) “is erroneous; since, if God had caused water to come from the jaw, only for the present satisfying of Samson’s necessities, it is reasonable to suppose that Samson... 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 15:19

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . Not Jehovah. A sign of distant or withdrawn relationship. in Judges 13:24 , Judges 13:25 , and Judges 14:4 , Judges 14:6 , we have Jehovah, but not again in Samson's history till he is humbled, Judges 16:20 ; then he prays to Jehovah, Jdg 15:28 . clave an hollow place that was in the jaw = clave open the hollow that is in Lehi. spirit = courage. Hebrew. ru ac h . App-9 . En-hakkore = the Caller's Fount. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Judges 15:19

Judges 15:19. But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw— It is very evident, from what follows in this verse, that our translation is erroneous; since, if God had caused water to come from the jaw only for the present satisfying of Samson's necessities, it is reasonable to suppose, that Samson would have given it the name of a well or fountain, or that the sacred historian would have told us, that it remained in Lehi unto this day. The rendering in the margins of our Bibles, therefore,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Judges 15:19

19. a hollow place . . . in the jaw—"in Lehi"—taking the word as a proper noun, marking the place. there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again—His strength, exhausted by the violent and long-continued exertion, was recruited by the refreshing draft from the spring; and it was called En-hakkore—the "supplication well," a name which records the piety of this heroic champion. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Judges 15:1-20

3. Samson’s vengeance on the Philistines ch. 15Samson’s weaknesses dominate chapter 14, but his strengths shine forth in chapter 15. read more

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