Judges 15:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Then Samson said,
“With the jawbone of an ass
I have piled them in a heap;
With the jawbone of an ass
I have slain a thousand men.”
17 As he finished speaking he threw the jawbone from him; and so that place was named Ramath-lehi.[a] 18 Being very thirsty, he cried to the Lord and said, “You have put this great victory into the hand of your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
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- 15:17 Ramath-lehi: “Jawbone Height”; in Hebrew lehi means “jawbone.”
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