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Judges 15:8

Etam

6 “Who did this?” the Philistines demanded. “It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

7 And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”

And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

9 Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.

10 “Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah. The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”

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BSB
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
KJV
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
WEB
He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.
ASV
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
DARBY
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the cliff Etam.
BLB
And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.
ÅB
Og han slo dem både på ben og på lår[^1], så det ble et stort mannefall; så dro han ned og gav seg til i fjellkløften ved Etam.
OTB
Han angrep dem med stor voldsomhet og slaktet mange. Deretter gikk han ned og bodde i en hule i klippen ved Etam.
B1930
Og han slo dem både på ben og på lår, så det blev et stort mannefall; så drog han ned og gav sig til i fjellkløften ved Etam. / < sønder og sammen.>

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 25:10

    For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.

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  • Isaiah 63:6

    I trampled the nations in My anger; in My wrath I made them drunk and poured out their blood on the ground.”

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  • Isaiah 63:3

    “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.

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