The Philistine army then encamped in Judah against Lehi, which means "jaw." Three thousand men of Judah went down and bound Samson with two new ropes and delivered him to the enemy to avoid a war. They rejoiced when they saw him bound but the Spirit of the Lord enabled him to snap the ropes as if they were flax that had been burned in the fire. With the jawbone of an ass, he slew 1,000 men and renamed it Ramath Lehi, meaning "jawbone height." He then acknowledged God's victory through his servant and asked for much needed water to drink. God opened up a place in the earth and Samson drank. This place was named "tooth hollow," likely because it was on jawbone height (15:9- 20).

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