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Judges 15:15-17
New International Version
Judges 15:15-17
New International Version
15 Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men.(A)
16 Then Samson said,
“With a donkey’s jawbone
I have made donkeys of them.[a](B)
With a donkey’s jawbone
I have killed a thousand men.”
17 When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone; and the place was called Ramath Lehi.[b](C)
Footnotes
- Judges 15:16 Or made a heap or two; the Hebrew for donkey sounds like the Hebrew for heap.
- Judges 15:17 Ramath Lehi means jawbone hill.
Judges 15:15-17
King James Version
Judges 15:15-17
King James Version
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.
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