Lehi
Lehi is a settlement mentioned in 4 verses. Its most likely location is Khirbet es Siyyagh. The name means “jawbone.”
Where is Lehi?
Approx. 31.7488, 35.0010 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khirbet es Siyyagh | settlement | Low |
| not a proper name (boundary description) | special | Low |
| Arak Ismain | settlement | Low |
| Bayt Itab | settlement | Low |
Lehi in the Bible dictionary
A jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg. 15:9, 14, 16), slaying a thousand of them with the jawbone of an ass. The words in 15:19, “a hollow place that was in the jaw” (A.V.), should be, as in Revised Version, “the hollow place that is in Lehi.”
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Verses that mention Lehi
- Judges 15:9
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in 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.
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.