Judges 15:9

What does Judges 15:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Judges 15:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then the Philistines went and put up their tents in Judah, all round Lehi.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Then the Philistines going up into the land of Juda, camped in the place which afterwards was called Lechi, that is, the Jawbone, where their army was spread abroad.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Context

v.8And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

v.9This passage

v.10And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Judges 15:14

    When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him: and the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

  • Judges 15:19

    But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called 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 that place was called Ramath-lehi.

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