z This, chough it might ſeem difficules yet is not at all impoſſi. #99 #49972 ble or incredible ; eſpecially ſeing the Learned afficm of the Affes | of Syria, that they were larger and ſtronger than ours, arid ſo cons ſequently were their Bones: And withal, it muſt beacknowledged, tht rhere was ſomething extraordinary and miraculous in this, as there was unqueſtionably in Samſoxs ſtrengths. and fo all the diffi- cuky vaniſheth.
i7 And it came to paſs, when he had made an end
of ſpeaking, that he caſt away the jaw-bone our of his | hand, and called that place || Ramath-Lehi #. a And by comtraftion, Leh; v. 14 it being uſual ſo to contra
proper Names; as Salem is/ put for Jeruſalem, P/a!s 76. 3. Shebs for ;\./ Beerſheba, Joſh. 19. 2+ and many other. 7: _ 7
,
| That is; the lifting up of the
18 © And' he was ſore a thirſt þ, and called' ori the ——— | 2 R LORD, jawbone:
my
, =
W Thar is, wherefore he called the name thereof | En-hakkore f,
h p. XV.
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pled, or, 1; ea,
+ Heb. a woman 47 harlot.
5 UV D
| 7 i is li- LORD, and faid, Thou haſt given this pe; = : verance into the hand of thy ſervant : and now | die for thirſt, and fall into the hand of the uncircuni- Ciled c ? k. | ETSY
b. So as he was ready to faint and die with Thirſt ; _—_ _ partly natural, from his exceſſive toil and heat ; partly, _ dy God, that by the experience of his own Impotency, he _—y " forced to aſcribe the Victory to God only, and not to _— ; c Wilrrhou not finiſh what thou haft begun ? Wilt thou undo wha thou haſt done ?
| Ir, - 19" But God clave an hollow place 4 that was in ||
the Jaw e, and there came water thereout, and hs he haddrunk, his ſpirit came again, 'and he revived :
well of @hich, is in Lehi unto this day g. | ow r* eavi it hollow ; an expreſſion like PE OC etmk WA Ovid = into Meal ; _— _ IL, 54-1; thou ditift cleave the fountain ; (7 e. ) cleave the ROCK 10 nn al igh SES init e In the Jaw-bone which he had _— which God couldeaſily effe&, <ither by cauſing the Jaw-bone to -4 forth Water, as the Rock formerly did, the Miracle being in . c : the ſame, though in a differing ſubjctt, cauſing a Spring to rea forth in Lek: ; or, in that Lehi mentioned before, v. 14. for. Leh: s both the name of 2 place, and ſignifies a Jaw-bone. FL 4 ho Fountain of himthat cricd for Thirſt ; or, that called upon God ws &= fiverante; (is e. ) the Fountain or Well which was given in anlwer to my Prayer. g According to this Tranſlation, Lehi is the name of 2 Place | and not a Jaw-bone, becauſe 1t ſcems improbable that a Jaw- bone ſhould continue there ſo long, which every Traveller might takeaway, and would be forward enough to carry a Fountain with them in thoſe hot Countries; although ir is not incredible that Paſſengers would generally forbear to meddle with, or remove fo reat a Monument of Gods power and goodnefs ; or, that the ſame God who made itinſtrumental to ſo great a wonder, ſhould add one Circumſtance more ; to wit, fix it in the Earth, as a Teſtimony to poſterity of the Truth of rhis glorious work : Burt theſe words may be otherwiſe rendred thus, which Fountain was in that Faw-bone ; and forthe following words, unto :his day; they may not be joined with the words next and immediatly foregoing, as if che Founrain was there to this day ; bur with the former words, he called, &c. And ſo the Senſe may be this, That it was ſo called unto this day ; and the place may be thus read, he called the name thereof; or, the name thereof was called ( ſach aQtive Verbs being frequently pur paſſively and imperſonally, ) The — ' Fountain of him that called or cried which was in Lebi) unto this aay. = j-- ; 20 And he judged Iſrael b in the days of the Phili-
ftines # twenty years. | h (i. e. ) He exded their Cauſe, and avenged them againſt the
Philiſtines. 7 (i. e.) Whilſt the Philiftines had the power and Domi-
nion, from which he was not fully to deliver, but only ro begin 70,
deliver them, as it was foretold, Judz. 13+ 5+ From this place it is
manifeſt, that in the computation of the tzmes of the Judyes, the
years of Servitude or Oppreſlion are not to be ſeparated from the
years of the Judges, and added to themy but are comprehended within them ; which Propoſition is of great 1mportance for clear-
ing this difficult part of - +>, = (PW and for juſtifying hat account of tim*?s given 1 King. 6. 1.
; CH AP. XVI.
Samſom goeth in to an harlot : is hem'd in ; riſeth at midnight : tateth the city-gates, pofts and barrs on his ſbwulders : and carriet3 thend up into a mountain, 3, Is in love with Delilah : fhe enticeth him t0 diſcover wherein his ſtrength lay: is thrice deceived : at laſt ſe 0-Vercomes kim, 4, —20. They put out his eyes and caft him into priſon, 21. His hair grows again, 22+. The lords of the Philiſtines and the people gather toge- ther to make ſport with him to the honour of their Idols : and ſacrifice, 23, — 25. Samſon getteth them to place his hands on the rw pillars of the houſe : he prays to God : pulls down the houſe ; and dieth : but more
[tain at his death than in his life, 26, 30. He is buried, 3. Hen Samſon went to Gaza 4a, and ſaw there | an