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16 Then Samson said,

“With the jawbone of a donkey,
[a]Heaps upon heaps,
With the jawbone of a donkey
I have struck down 1,000 men.”

17 Now it happened that when he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place [b]Ramath-lehi. 18 Then he became very thirsty, and he (A)called to Yahweh and said, “You have given this great salvation by the hand of Your slave, but now [c]shall I die of thirst [d]and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:16 Lit Heap, two heaps; Heb is same root as donkey
  2. Judges 15:17 Lit the high place of the jawbone
  3. Judges 15:18 Or I shall...uncircumcised
  4. Judges 15:18 Or or