Hakim-hakim 15:18-20

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ¹  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ²  15:19 So God split open the basin ³  at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength ⁴  was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring ⁵  En Hakkore. ⁶  It remains in Lehi to this very day. 15:20 Samson led ⁷  Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. ⁸ 

[15:18]  ¹ tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

[15:18]  ² tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.

[15:19]  ³ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

[15:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “spirit.”

[15:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:19]  ⁶ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”

[15:20]  ⁷ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[15:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the days of the Philistines.”