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Judges 15

4 Samſon tieth firebrādes to the foxe tailes. 6 The Philiſtims burnt his father in lawe & his wife. 15 With the iawebone of an aſſe he killeth a thouſand men. 19 Out of a great tothe in the iawe God gaue him water.
1.BVt within a while after, in the time of wheat harueſt, Sāfón viſited his wife with a kid, ſaying, I wil a go into my wife into the chāber: but her father wolde not ſuffre him to go in.
2.And her father ſaid, I thoght that thou haddeſt hated her: there fore gaue I her to thy companion. Is not her yonger ſiſter fairer then ſhe? take her, I pray thee, in ſtead of the other.
3.Thē Samſón ſaid vnto them, Now am I more b blameleſs thé the Philiſtims: therefore wil I do them diſpleaſure.
4.¶ And Samſón went out, & toke thre hūdreth foxes, and toke firebrands, & turned them taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the middes betwene two tailes.
5.And when he had ſet the brandes on fier, he ſent them out into the ſtanding corne of the Philiſtíms, and burnt vp bothe the c rickes & the ſtanding corne with the vineyardes & oliues.
6.Then the Philiſtims ſaid, Who hathe done this? And they anſwered, Samſón the ſonne in lawe of the d Timnite, becauſe he had taken his wife, & giuen her to his cōpaniō. Then the Philiſtíms came vp and e burnt her and her father with fire.
7.And Samſón ſaid vnto them, Thogh ye haue done this, yet wil I be auenged of you, and then I wil ceaſe.
8.So he ſmote them " hippe and thigh with a mighty plague : then he went and dwelt in the toppe of the rocke Etám.
9.¶ Then ye Philiſtíms came vp, & pitched in Iudáh, & " were ſpred abroad in Léhi.
10.And the men of Iudáh ſaid, Why are ye come vp vnto vs? And they anſwered, To f binde Samſón are we come vp, and to do to him as he hathe done to vs.
11.Then thre thoufand men of Iudáh wēt to the toppe of the rocke Etám, and ſaid to Sāfón, Knoweſt thou not that ye Philiſtíms are rulers ouer vs? Wherefore then haſt ye g done thus vntovs? And he anſwered thē, As they did vnto me, ſo haue I done vnto thē.
12.Againe they ſaid vnto hī, We are come to binde thee, and to deliuer thee into the hand of the Philiſtims. And Samſón ſaid vnto them, Sweare vnto me, that ye wil h not fall vpon me your ſelues.
13.And they anſwered him, ſaying, No, but we wil binde thee and deliuer thee vnto their hand, but we wil not kil thee. And they bound him with two newe cordes, and broght him from the rocke.
14.When he came to Léhi, the Philiſtims ſhouted againſt him, and the Spirit of the Lord came vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes, became as flaxe that was burnt with fire: for the bandes loofed from his hands.
15.And he found a i newe iawebone of an aſſe, and put forthe his hand, and caught it, and flewe a thouſand men therewith.
16.Then Samfón ſaid, With the iawe of an aſſe are heapes vpon heapes: wt the iawe of an aſſe haue I flayne a thouſand men.
17.And when he had left ſpeaking, he caſt away the iawebone out of his hand, & called that place, " Ramath-Léhi.
18.And he was ſore athirſt, and k called on the Lord, and ſaid, Thou haſt giuen this great deliuerance into the hand of thy ſeruant: and now ſhal I dye for thirſt, and fall into the hands of the vncircumciſed?
19.Then God brake the cheeke tothe, that was in the iawe, and water came thereout: and when he had dronke, his Spirit came againe, and he was reuiued: wherefore the name thereof is called, " En-hakkoré, wc is in Léhi vnto this day.
20.And he iudged Iſraél in the dayes of ye Philiſtims twentie yeres.

Notes

1:a.
That is, wil vſe her as my wife.
3:b.
For through his father in laws occaſiō, he was moued againe to take vengeance of ye Philiſtims.
6:d.
Or, ye citizē of Timnath.
6:e.
So ye wicked puniſh not vice for loue of iuſtice, but for feare of dāger, wc els might come to them.
6:c.
Or, that was reaped & gathered.
8:".
Or, horſemē & fotemen.
9:".
Or, camped.
10:f.
And ſo beīg our priſoner, to puniſhe hī.
11:g.
Suche was their groffe ignorāce, that they iudged Gods great benefite to be a plague vnto them.
12:h.
Thus they had rather betray their brother, then vſe ye meanes that God had giuē for their deliuerance.
15:i.
That is, of an asse lately slaine.
17:".
Or, the lifting vp of the iawe.
18:k.
Wherby appeareth, yt he did these things in faith, & so wt a true zeal to glorifie God & deliuer his countrey.
19:".
Or, the fontaine of him that prayed.