KJV King James Version
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
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Judges 15:9
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves near the town of Lehi.
WEB World English Bible
Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
ASV American Standard Version
Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,
Surrounding context — Judges 15
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 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.
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.
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Judges 15:19But 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] in Lehi unto this day.Judges 15:17And 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 Ramathlehi.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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