Judges 15:17
15 He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
16 Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
18 And being very thirsty, Samson cried out to the LORD, “You have accomplished this great deliverance through Your servant. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
19 So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
- KJV
- 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 Ramath-lehi.
- WEB
- When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath Lehi.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass when he had ended speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.
- BLB
- And so it was, when he had finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
- ÅB
- Og da han hadde sagt dette, kastet han kjevebenet fra seg; og siden kalte de dette sted Ramat-Leki[^2].
- OTB
- Da han hadde sluttet å tale, kastet han fra seg kjevebeinet, og han kalte stedet Ramath Lehi.
- B1930
- Og da han hadde sagt dette, kastet han kjevebenet fra sig; og siden kalte de dette sted Ramat-Leki. / < kjevebens-haugen.>