Samson 7
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Elab on what happened last week.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
9 Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
9 Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out 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.
Judges 15:
10 The men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” And they said, “We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us.”
Went up; High land of Judah. This is an invasion.
“Spread out” NASB
“Spread themselves” KJV
They are spread out, maybe look like a greater force then what they were.
They were after one man, Samson.
Samson had attack them, now they wanted retaliation. For them attacking Israel would not be a problem.
Israel had no army.
As long as Israel didn’t try to go against the Philistines, they could live peacefully.
So what Samson had done would cause problems for them.
Samson should have been seen as a deliverer, but he would be seen as a trouble maker.
11 Then three thousand men of Judah went 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.
11 Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
It’s difficult to be a leader if you have no followers. Samson could have been a great leader, but preferred to work alone.
He cold have challenged the people, he could have organized the people.
Samson was called to deliver his nation, it seems to make more since if he would have got everyone together instead of alone.
The men of Israel fine out that wanted only to capture and bind Samson, they offer to help.
12 And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
12 They said to him, “We have come down to bind you so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not kill me.”
Elab on them coming to Samson.
Samson realized that if he didn’t give himself up to the enemy, the Philistine army would bring great suffering to Israel.
If he defended himself, he would have to fight his own people.
If he escaped, which he could have done, he would have left these men easy prey for the Philistine army.
Samson: Just don’t kill me.
13 And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.
13 So they said to him, “No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you.” Then they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.
Here is Samson all tied up.
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.
14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands.
The robes were of no challenge for the power of God.
15 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it.
The only weapon he had other then the power of God.
What there is men that brought Samson to the Philistines thinking as they watched Samson. None of them bothered to help.
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.
16 Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men.”
A jawbone VS swords. Shows the power of God. Shows Samson supernatural power.
Notice what Samson says. “I have”
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.
17 When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Samson was a good talker.
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?
18 Then he became very thirsty, and he called to the Lord and said, “You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?”
First time we see Samson call on and acknowledge God for what He has done for him. but look at Samson’s statement to God. LOOK AT LAST PART OF VERSE.
Samson is wanting God to be merciful on him. God provides his need.
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.
19 But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.
“Jawbone hill”
God was merciful on Samson.
20 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
20 So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines.