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B. C. them, "Now shall I be more blameabout 1140. less than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.

Or, Nowo shall I be blameless from the Philistines, though, &c. Or, torches.

b ch. 14. 15.

c ver. 19.

down.

d ch. 14. 4.

4 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

6 Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

10 And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

11 Then three thousand men of Ju+ Heb. went dah twent to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

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took it, and 'slew a thousand men therewith.

16 And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.

B. C. about 1140.

† Heb. a heap,

two heaps. f Lev. 26. 3. Josh. 23. 10. ch. 3. 31.

17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-That is, The lehi.

18 ¶ 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?

lifting up of the jawbone, or, casting away of the jawbone. & Ps. 3. 7

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Is. 40. 29.

That is, The well of him that called or, cried, Ps. 34. 6. i ch. 13. 1.

about 1120. † Heb. a wo

man a har

lot.

Ps. 118. 10, 11, 12 Acts 9, 24.

2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they a1 Sam. 23. 2 compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying,† Heb. silent. In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his Heb. with shoulders, and carried them up to the top of a hill that is before Hebron.

the bar.

4 ¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley Or, by the of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

b

brook.

See Prov. 2. 16-19. & 3 9-11. & 6. 24, 25, 26. & 7. 21, 22, 23.

5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto b ch. 14. 15. her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict | Or, humble. him and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith

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Delilah ensnareth him.

B. C. about 1120.

Or, new ords. Heb. moist. i Heb. one.

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thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven "green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another

man.

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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, If they bind me fast with new ropes that 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.

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15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine 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 Heb. short-tvexed unto death; ened

4 Mie. 7. 5.

e Num. 6. 5. CL 13. 5.

d

17 That he told 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 mother'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

Samson's imprisonment.

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19 And she made him sleep upon Prov. 7. 26, 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.

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 departed from him.

g Num. 14. 9, 42, 43. Josh. 7. 12. 1 Sam. 16. 14. & 18. 12. & 28. 15, 16.

2 Chr. 15. 2.

out.

21 ¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought + Heb. bored him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was Or, as when shaven.

23 Then the lords of the Philistines 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.

he was sha

ven.

24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they h Dan. 5. 4. said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew Heb. and who multimany of us. plied our slain.

25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, ch. 9. 27. 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 Heb. before between the pillars.

26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

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 roof about three thousand k Deut. 22. 8. men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, 'remem- 1 Jer. 15. 15. ber 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.

29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was

Il Or, he leaned on them.

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b See Ex. 20. 4, 23. Lev. 19. 4.

e Is. 46. 6.

d ch. 8. 27.
e Gen. 31. 19,

+ Heb. filled

30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

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31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and "buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

CHAPTER XVII.

The idolatry of Micah and his mother. 7 He hireth
a Levite to be his priest.

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5 And the man Micah had a house

30. Hos. 3. 4. of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

the hand, Ex. 29. 9.

1 Kings 13. 33.

6 In those days there was no king fch. 18. 1. & 19. in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.

1. & 21. 25. Deut. 33. 5.

g Deut. 12. 8.

h See Josh. 19. Ruth 1 1,2

1. 2.

Mic. 5. 2.
Matt. 2. 1, 5,

6.

7 ¶ And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto 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 thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

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8 And the man departed out of the 6 And the priest said unto them, city from Beth-lehem-judah to so-Go in peace: before the LORD is journ where he could find a place: your way wherein ye go. and he came to mount Ephraim to +Heb. in mak the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

ing his way.

9 And Micah said unto him, Whence

7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, 'how they dwelt careless, after the manner of

Heb. sons.

e ch. 13. 25.

Num. 13. 17.

Josh. 2. 1.

e ch. 17. L

f ch. 17. 10.

81 Kings 22.

5. 18. 30. 1. Hos. 4. 12.

See ch. 17.5.

& ver. 14.

i 1 Kings 22.

6.

Josh. 19. 47, 1 ver. 27, 28.

Leshem.

They rob Micah of his idols.

B. C.

about 1406.

1+ Heb, possess

or, or, heir of

restraint.

m ver. 2.

Ia Num. 15.30. Josh. 2. 23, 24.

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the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

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8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol 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, behold, it 1 Kings 22.3. is very good and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

p ver. 7, 27.

!

Deut. 8. 9.

10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people Psecure, 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 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hunHeb. girded. dred men tappointed with weapons of war.

12 And they went up, and pitched Josh. 15. 60. in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place 'Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.

1 ch. 13, 25.

1 ver. 2.

» 1 Sam. 14.28.

1 ch. 17. 5.

Heb, asked him of peace, Gen. 43, 27.

y ver. 11.

1 ver. 2, 14.

13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.

14 ¶ "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 graven 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 saluted him.

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16 And the six hundred men ap1 Sam. 17.22 pointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and 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

ch. 17. 4. 5.

war.

18 And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?

19 And they said unto him, Hold

Idolatry is set up in Dan.

B. C.

thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to about 1406. 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, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.

22 ¶ 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 comest with such a company?

24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

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25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows 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.

27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure : and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

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28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the name of h Josh. 19. 47. the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

h

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i Gen. 14. 14. ch. 20. 1. 1 Kings 12. 29, 30. & 15.

20.

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 until the day ch. 13. 1. of the captivity of the land.

31 And they set them up Micah's

1 Sam. 4. 2, 3, 10, 11. Ps. 78. 60, 61.

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+ Heb. a wo

man a concu

bine, or, a wife a concubine.

b ch. 17. 7.

|| Or, a year and four months. Heb. days four months. + Heb. to her heart, Gen. 34. 3.

+ Heb, Strengthen.

© Gen. 18. 5.

CHAPTER XIX.

He is entertained at Gibeah.

10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

11 And when they were by Jebus,

A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his concu bine. 16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 The men of the city abuse his concubine to death. 29 He divideth her into twelve pieces, and sendeth the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I

them to the twelve tribes.

AND it came to pass in those pray thee, and let us turn in into this

days, when there was no king city of the Jebusites, and lodge in in Israel, that there was a certain it. Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him ta concubine out of Beth-lehemjudah.

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, + Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

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6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: 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.

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 + Heb. till the tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

day declined.

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12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in & Ramah.

14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

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B. C.

about 1406.

+ Heb. to over against. d Josh. 18. 28.

e Josh. 15. 8, 63. ch. 1. 21. 2 Sam. 5. 6.

f Josh. 18. 28.

g Josh. 18. 25.

15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into hish Matt. 25. 45. house to lodging.

16 ¶ And, behold, there came an old man from his work out 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?

Heb. 18. 2.

i Ps. 104. 23.

18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to k Josh. 18. 1. Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the 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 me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

ch. 18. 31. & 20. 18.

1 Sam. 1. S, 7.

+ Heb. gathereth, ver. 15.

ch. 6. 23. m Gen. 19. 2.

20 And the old man said, 'Peace be 1 Gen. 43. 23. with thee; howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me; "only lodge not in the street.

& 43. 24. o Gen. 18. 4. John 13. 5.

21 So he brought him into his Gen. 24. 32. house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

22¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of

P Gen. 19. 4 ch. 20. 5. Hos. 9. 9. & 10.9.

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