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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Judges 15:19

Verse Judges 15:19. God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw] אשר בלחי asher ballechi, that was in Lehi; that is, there was a hollow place in this Lehi, and God caused a fountain to spring up in it. Because the place was hollow it was capable of containing the water that rose up in it, and thus of becoming a well.

En-hakkore] The well of the implorer; this name he gave to the spot where the water rose, in order to perpetuate the bounty of God in affording him this miraculous supply.

Which is in Lehi unto this day.] Consequently not IN the jaw-bone of the ass, a most unfortunate rendering.

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See also Judges 15:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AN HOLLOW PLACE THAT WAS IN THE JAW - The right translation is, “the hollow place which is in Lehi.” The word translated “hollow place,” means a “mortar” Proverbs 27:22, and is here evidently a hollow...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 15 THE CONFLICT WITH THE PHILISTINES: BOUND YET FREE _ 1. The damage done to the Philistines (Judges 15:1)_ 2. Bound by his own brethren (Judges 15:9) 3. The deed with the jawbone (Judges 1...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JUDGES 15. SAMSON AGAINST THE PHILISTINES. His anger having cooled, Samson went down to appease his betrothed and complete the marriage. When he learned how things stood, he was angrier than ever, and...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. Not Jehovah.. sign of distant or withdrawn relationship. in Judges 13:24; Judges 13:25, and Judges 14:4; Judges 14:6, we

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Local traditions_ Provoked by Samson's violence, the Philistines made a raid upon Lehi in Judah for the purpose of capturing their enemy. The name of the place was suggestive, and tradition attached...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the hollow place that is in Lehi the_ MORTAR _which is in L._, i.e. a mortar-shaped basin in the hill side. The word comes from a root meaning, not -to be hollow," but _to pound_(cf. in Aram. _NSI_.,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BUT GOD CLAVE AN HOLLOW PLACE THAT WAS IN THE JAW— It is very evident, from what follows in this verse, that our translation is erroneous; since, if God had caused water to come from the _jaw_ only fo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Samson Slays a Thousand Philistines Judges 15:14-20_ 14 And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT GOD CLAVE AN HOLLOW PLACE THAT WAS IN THE JAW, AND THERE CAME WATER THEREOUT; AND WHEN HE HAD DRUNK, HIS SPIRIT CAME AGAIN, AND HE REVIVED: WHEREFORE HE CALLED THE NAME THEREOF ENHAKKORE, WHICH I...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THAT _was_ IN THE JAW] RV 'that is in Lehi,' a hollow (Heb. 'mortar') in the ground close to the scene of the slaughter. The 'caller' (Heb. _hakkôrç_) is the name for the partridge: cp. 1 Samuel 26:20...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAMSON SLAUGHTERS THE PHILISTINES Samson, being denied his wife, burns the corn of the Philistines. He is delivered up to them by the men of Judah, but bursts his bonds, and slaughters many of the Ph...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LIFE WITHOUT LAW JUDGES _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 V1 Later, at the time when people were harvesting corn, Samson went to visit his wife. He took a young goat as a present. He said, ‘I am going to...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CLAVE AN HOLLOW PLACE THAT WAS IN THE JAW. — Rather, _the_ (_fountain called the_)_ “socket,” which is in Lehi._ The notion that God made a miraculous fountain in one of the tooth-sockets of the jawbo...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּבְקַ֨ע אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת ־הַ מַּכְתֵּ֣שׁ אֲ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the record of further exploits by Samson and once more the circumstances of them were not to his credit. His revenge on the Philistines in the destruction of their property and their slau...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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. The...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Then. Hebrew, "And God clave the Mactesh (Haydock; hollow place, great tooth;" or the name of a rock, as Josephus and others understand it, perhaps on account of its resemblance with a tooth) which wa...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 AND 15. God makes use of Samson's marriage with a Philistine woman to punish that people. Still, in the freshness of his strength, his heart with Jehovah,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND GOD CLAVE AN HOLLOW PLACE THAT WAS IN THE JAW, AND THERE CAME WATER THEREOUT,.... A socket in which was fastened one of the teeth, and was in the form of a mortar; so Jarchi and Ben Melech, as the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But God clave an hollow place that [was] in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _God clave a hollow place in the jaw_ Or rather, _a cavity that was in Lehi_, as he had just named the place, Judges 15:17, and as the same word is rendered in the latter part of this verse. “It is ve...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the Philistines corne with foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife and her father are burnt by the Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is boun...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, He opened a mortarlike cleft in the rock at Lehi, AND THERE CAME WATER THEREOUT, a miracle in answer to the prayer of Samson; AND WHEN HE HAD DRUNK,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Samson's Lone Victory...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    DESTROYING CROPS AND PHILISTINES (vv. 1-8) Samson eventually decided to visit his wife and took a young goat as a gift. She was evidently still in her father's house and her father refused him perm...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THE JAW: Or, Lehi ENHAKKORE: that is, the well of him that called or cried...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    18-20 So little notice did the men of Judah take of their deliverer, that he was ready to perish for want of a draught of water. Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those who do the greatest...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    CLAVE AN HOLLOW PLACE, i.e. by _cleaving a place_, made it hollow; an expression like that ISAIAH 47:2, _grind meal_, i.e. grind corn into meal; and that PSALMS 74:15, _thou didst cleave the fountain_...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 15:19 God H430 split H1234 (H8799) place H4388 Lehi H3895 water H4325 came H3318 (H8799) drank...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And God clave the hollow place that was in Lehi and there came water from it, and when he had drunk his spirit returned and he revived. That is why the name of the place was called En-hakkore, which...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ENHAKKORE The well of him that cried....

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Samson takes vengeance on the Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Samson, his family and friends. CONCLUSION: There is nothing too hard or too much for him to do on whom the Holy Sp...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 15:4. _Caught three hundred foxes._ The task of collecting these animals was not at all impossible; the country very much abounded with foxes, as appears from many passages of scripture. Nehemi...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    REVENGE TAKEN AND RETURNED (Judges 15:1.) CRITICAL NOTES.— JUDGES 15:1. WITHIN A WHILE AFTER.] _After some time_, indefinitely; probably a few months. IN THE TIME OF WHEAT HARVEST.] About the month o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JUDGES 15:9 WENT UP, _i.e._ from their own country in the Shephelah to the hill country of Judah. As Samson had avenged his wrongs on the whole Philistine people, so they now came up to Ju...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Tonight shall we turn to Judges, the fifteenth chapter? And we pick up on the story of Samson here in chapter fifteen. The story of Samson begins in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Judges with t...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 30:12; Exodus 17:15; Genesis 16:13; Genesis 45:27; Isaiah

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    In the Jaw — Either causing the jaw — bone to send forth water, as the rock formerly did, causing a spring to break forth in that Lehi, mentioned Judges 15:14, for Lehi is both the name of a place, an...

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