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Judges 15:17

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When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.

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Judges 15:17 in other translations

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.

Judges 15:17 · American Standard Version

Judges 15:17 in context

  1. 15He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, put out his hand, took it, and struck a thousand men with it.
  2. 16Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps on heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck a thousand men.”
  3. 17When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
  4. 18He was very thirsty, and called on Yahweh and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of your servant; and now shall I die of thirst, and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
  5. 19But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived. Therefore its name was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.