Judges 15 · Verse 9

Judges 15:9

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

Judges 15:9, King James Version

Judges 15:9 in other translations

BSB	Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
WEB	Then the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
ASV	Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
YLT	And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
DARBY	And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
BBE	Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.
Webster	Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

What does Judges 15:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:9-17

Jud 15:9-13. He Is Bound by the Men of Judah, and Delivered to the Philistines.

9-17. Then the Philistines went up--to the high land of Judah. and spread themselves in Lehi--now El-Lekieh, abounding with limestone cliffs; the sides of which are perforated with caves. The object of the Philistines in this expedition was to apprehend Samson, in revenge for the great slaughter he had committed on their people. With a view of freeing his own countrymen from all danger from the infuriated Philistines, he allowed himself to be bound and surrendered a fettered prisoner into their power. Exulting with joy at the near prospect of riddance from so formidable an enemy, they went to meet him. But he exerted his superhuman strength, and finding a new (or moist) jawbone of an ass, he laid hold of it, and with no other weapon, slew a thousand men at a place which he called Ramath-lehi--that is, "the hill of the jawbone."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 15:9-17

Sin dispirits men, it hides from their eyes the things that belong to their peace. The Israelites blamed Samson for what he had done against the Philistines, as if he had done them a great injury. Thus our Lord Jesus did many good works, and for those the Jews were ready to stone him. When the Spirit of the Lord came upon Samson, his cords were loosed: where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty, and those are free indeed who are thus set free. Thus Christ triumphed over the powers of darkness that shouted against him, as if they had him in their power. Samson made great destruction among the Philistines. To take the bone of an ass for this, was to do wonders by the foolish things of the world, that the excellency of the power might be of God, not of man. This victory was not in the weapon, was not in the arm; but it was in the Spirit of God, which moved the weapon by the arm. We can do all things through Him that strengtheneth us. Seest thou a poor Christian, who is enabled to overcome a temptation by weak, feeble counsel, there is the Philistine vanquished by a sorry jaw-bone.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Judges 15:9 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went upH5927

פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430

וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583

בִּיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.Dahin JudahH3063

וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvai.yi.na.te.Shuand they were spread outH5203

בַּלֶּֽחִי\׃ba.Le.chiat <the> LehiH3896

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 15:9

Judges 15:19
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 En–hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Judges 15:17
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–lehi.
Judges 15:14
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 upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

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Context

Judges 15:8
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
Judges 15:9
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
Judges 15:10
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.

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Judges 15:9 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y los Filisteos subieron y pusieron campo en Judá, y tendiéronse por Lehi.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et les Philistins montèrent, et campèrent en Juda, et se répandirent en Lékhi.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die Philister zogen herauf und lagerten sich in Juda und breiteten sich aus in Lechi.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Igitur ascendentes Philisthiim in terram Juda, castrametati sunt in loco, qui postea vocatus est Lechi, id est, Maxilla, ubi eorum effusus est exercitus.