Samson slayeth the Philistines. hand, and took it, and fslew a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass, theaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. 17 And it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi. CHAPTER XVI. "That is, the lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of t Heb. the jaw-smelleth. bone, 18 T And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, hhis spirith Ge. 45. came again, and he revived. Wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. 20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. CHAPTER XVI Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carrieth away the gates of the city, 1. 4 Delilah, corrupted by the Philistines, enticeth Samson. 6 Thrice she is deceived. 15 At last she overcometh him. 21 The Philistines take him, and put out his eyes, 22 His strength renewing, he pulleth down the house upon the Philistines, and dieth. THEN went Samson to Gaza, and went in unto her. EPS. 3. 7. Il Or, 27. Is. 40. 29. That is, the well of him † Heb. wherewith work that call- heth not ed, or, been cried.Ps. done. 34. 6. He seems to have judged Southwest Is rael during twenty years of theirservitude of the Phi listines. ich. 13. 1. cir.1120. † Heb. a woman 3 And Samson lay till midnight, a harlot. and arose at midnight, and took a 1Sa. 23. the doors of the gate of the city, 26.Ps118. and the two posts, and went 10, 11, 12. away with them, tbar and all, Ac. 9. 24. and put them upon his shoulders, † Heb. and carried them up to the top silent. of an hill that is before Hebron. † Heb. 4 T And it came to pass after- with the ward, that he loved a woman in bar. the valley of Sorek, whose name I Or, by was Delilah. the 5 And the lords of the Philistines brook came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see where in his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will beh.14.15 give thee every one of us eleven See Pr.2. hundred pieces of silver. 6 T And Delilah said to SamBon, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samson said unto her, If 16,-19& 5. 3.-11. &6.24,25, 26.&7.21. 22, 23. | Or, humble. ch.14.16 † Heb. shorten ed. Delilah's falsehood to Samson. they bind me with seven green withs, that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as fanother man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 (Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber.) And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. 11 And he said unto her, Ifthey bind me fast with new ropes fthat never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. (And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber.) And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. and he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 15 T And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was tvexed unto death; 17 That he dtold her all his heart, and said unto her, "There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mo ther's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up untoher, and brought money in their hand 247 Samson's blindness and death. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. JUDGES. B. C. The idolatry of Micah dead which he slew at his death cir. 1120. cir. 1120. were more than they which he Pr. 7.26, slew in his life. 27. 20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee. Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was Nu.14.9, departed from him. 21 But the Philistines took him, and tput out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prisonhouse. 42,43.Jos 7.12. 1Sa. 16.14&18 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him m ch. 13. up, and buried him between Zorah and Esthaol in the burying-place of Manpah his father. And he judged Israel twenty 25. CHAPTER XVII. Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his mother maketh im ages, 1, 5 and he ornaments for them. 7 He hireth a Levite to be his priest. 12&28.15 cir. 1406. AND there was a man of mount A Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 16.2Ch 15 2. ↑ Heb. bored out. | Or, as was sha ven. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 Then the lords of the Phili- when he stines gathered them together, for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they hpraised their god: hDa. 5. 4. for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; twhich slew many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were imerry, that they said, Call for Samson that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. t Heb. and who multiplied our slain. ich 9. 27. tHeb.before them. 26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pilJars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women: and all the lords of the Philistines were there: and there were upon the kroof about three thousand men kDe.22.8 and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, Iremember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. Ge. 14. 19. Ru. 3. 10. bSee Ex. 20. 4, 23. Le. 19.4. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother Ia. 46. 6. took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. 21.25.De. 7 And there was a young man 33. 5. out of b Beth-lehem-judahof the De.12.8. family of Judah, who was a LehSeeJos. vite, and he sojourned there. 19.15.ch. 8 And the man departed out of 19.1.Ru.1 the city from Beth-lehem-judah, 1.2. Mi-5. to sojourn where he could find 2.Mat-2.1 a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, t Heb.in fas he journeyed. making 9 And Micah said unto him, his way. Whence comest thou? And he Ge.45.8. Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to ich.18-19- said unto him, I am a Levite of Job29.16. sojourn where I may find a place. Or, a 10 And Micah said unto him, double Dwell with me, iand be unto me suit, &c. a kfather and a priest, and I will tHeb.an give thee ten shekels of silver by order of the year, and tasuit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. gar ments. B. C. B. C. 11 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the cir. 1406. cir. 1406. young man was unto him as one of his sons, 12 And Micah 'consecrated the 1 ver. 5. Levite; and the young man bem ch. 18. came his priest, and was in the 30. house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. CHAPTER XVIII. IN those days there was no cir. 1406. t king in Israel: and in those ch. 17. 6. days the tribe of the Danites & 21. 25. sought them an inheritance to b Jos. 19. dwell in; for unto that day all 47 their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, fmen of valour, † Heb. from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, sons. d to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said untod Nu. 13. them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the "house of Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thon in this place? and what hast thou here? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath fhired me, and I am his priest. 5 And they said unto him, "Ask counsel, we pray thee, hof God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. ch.13. 25 17Jos.2.1 ch.17.1. fch.17.10. 51Ki.22.5 Is. 30. 1. Ho. 4. 12. h See ch. 17.5&ver 14. il Ki.22.6 6 And the priest said unto them, iGo in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. 7 T Then the five men departed, and came to kLaish, and sawk Jos. 19. the people that were therein, 47,called Thow they dwelt careless, after Leshem. the manner of the Zidonians, 1 ver 27, quiet and secure; and there was 28. no fmagistrate in the land, that† Heb. might put them to shame in any possessor thing; and they were far from or, heir the Zidonians, and had no busi- of res ness with any man. traint. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: ver. 2, n Nu. 13. 30.Jos. 2. 23, 24. 01Ki.22.3 Pver.7.27 De. 8. 9. + Heb. girded. Micah of his idols. and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? 9 And they said, "Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and be"still? be not slothful to go and hold, it is very good and are ye to enter to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. 11 T And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men tappointed with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitchJos. 15. ed in "Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 60. ch.13.25 ver. 2. u1 Sa. 14. 28. ch.17.5. ↑ Heb. asked him of 13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto 'the house of Micah. 14 T "Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a gra ven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and tsaluted him. 16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children Ge.43.27. of Dan, stood by the entering of 1Sa.17.22 the gate. peace. 5. Y ver. 11. 17 And "the five men that went Zver.2,14 to spy out the land went up, and ach.17.4, came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim,and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. 18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten imags. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? bJob 21.5 & 29.9.& 40. 4. Pr. 30.32.Mi. 7. 16. ch.17.10 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, blay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? 20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem and put the little ones, and the JUDGES. B. C. to fetch home his wife. B. C. to him fa concubine out of cattle, and the carriage before cir. 1406. cir. 1406. bBeth-lehem-judah. them. † Heb. a a concu concu bine. bch. 17.7. Or, a year and 22 T And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou Heb. four comest with such a company? that months. 24 And he said, Ye have taken thou art † Heb. gathered days away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away; together. four and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest fangry fel-t Heb. lows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. bitter of 2Sa. 17.8. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was ffar from Zidon, ver. 7. and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth Fby Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. months. † Heb. 2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, ↑ Heb. tComfort thine heart with a strength- morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. Ge.18.5. 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them toge ther: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. en. Nu. 13. † Heb. 21.2Sa.10 till the day deh Jos. 19. clined. 6. 47. iGe.14.14 1 Ki.12.29 29 And hthey called the name of the city iDan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. 30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan kuntil the day of the cap-kch. 13.1. tivity of the land. 31 And they set them up Mi-10,11. Ps. cah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. CHAPTER XIX. A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife, 1. 16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 The Gibeonites abuse his concubine to death. 29 He divideth her into twelve pieces, to send them to the twelve tribes. AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim,who took ↑ Heb. 1Sa.4.2,3, ch. 19.18. to over cir. 1406. 28. 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried funtil afternoon, and they did eat both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-inlaw, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day tdraweth toward evening,lpray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go thome. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and de parted, and came tover against aJebus, which is Jerusalem: and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us Jos.15.8 turn in into this city of the Je63 ch.1.21 busites, and lodge in it. 2 Sa. 5. 6. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hithch. 17.6. er into the city of a stranger, that & 18.1.& Jos. 18. is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over fto Gibeah 21. 25. 28. He cometh to lodge in Gibeah. CHAPTER XX. B. C. B. C. Jos. 18. 13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to cir. 1406. one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 And they passed on and 25. went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 2. 15 And theyturned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he wentin, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that h took hMat. 25. them into his house to lodging. 43.He.13. 16 And behold, there came an old man from his work out i Ps. 104. of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites. 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? 23. 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I wentto Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to kthe house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for gatherme, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. Jos.18.1 ch. 18.31. & 20. 18 1Sa.1.3,7. ↑ Heb. eth. ver. 15. IGe.43.23 mGe.19.2 20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever, ch. 6. 23. let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. 21 "So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 T Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, Pthe Lien of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round His concubine is abused to death. forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, ch. 20.5. and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. ach. 20. 6. See 1 Sa. 11. 7. 29 T And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and "divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it, said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take Pr.13. 10. advice, and speak your minds. CHAPTER XX. bch. 20.7. 12.ch 21.5 1 Sa. 11.7. "Ge24.32 De. 13, Ge. 19.6, about, and beat at the door, and a De. 13 spake to the master of the house, 13. the old man, saying, "Bring forth Ge.19.5. the man that came into thine Ro. 1. 26, honse, that we may know him. 27. 23 And the inan, the master of the house, went out unto them, 7. and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, 'do not this folly. 1Sa. 3.20. bch.18.29 2Sa. 3 10. & 24. 2. Ju.10.17 The Levite in a general assembly declareth his wrong, 1. 8 The decree of the assembly. 12 The Benjamites, being cited, make head against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand. 26 They destroy by a stratagem all the Ben. jamites, except six hundred. THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from bDan even to lead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. Beer-sheba, with the land of Gi2 And the chiefof all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the as & 11.11.1 sembly of the people of God, Sa. 7.5.& 10. 17. dch. 8.10. t Heb. the man t2 Sa. 13. the Le vite. four hundred thousand footmen dthat drew sword. 3(Nowthechildren of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, "I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Bench.19.15 jamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. ch.19.22. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house Bch19.25, round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: Band my concubine have they tforced, that she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, ↑ Heb. 26. the mat-t Heb. ter of humbled this folly beh.19.29 251 |