Judges 15:9

Contemporary English Version

But it wasn't long before the Philistines invaded Judah and set up a huge army camp at Jawbone.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and raided Lehi.

Hebrew Names Version
Then the Pelishtim went up, and encamped in Yehudah, and spread themselves in Lechi.

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

Lexham English Bible
Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and they overran Lehi.

English Standard Version
Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah and made a raid on Lehi.

New Century Version
The Philistines went up and camped in the land of Judah, near a place named Lehi.

New English Translation
The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.

Amplified Bible
Then the [army of the] Philistines came up and camped in [the tribal territory of] Judah, and overran Lehi (Jawbone).

New American Standard Bible
Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Philistims came vp, and pitched in Iudah, and were spred abroad in Lehi.

Legacy Standard Bible
Toe trek die Filistyne nader en slaan laer op in Juda en sprei hulleself uit by Legi.

Complete Jewish Bible
The P'lishtim went up, pitched camp in Y'hudah and attacked Lechi.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines went to the land of Judah and stopped near a place named Lehi. Their army camped there.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the Philistines went up and encamped in Judah.

Good News Translation
The Philistines came and camped in Judah, and attacked the town of Lehi.

Literal Translation
And the Philistines went up and pitched in Judah, and were spread out in Lehi.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wente the Philistynes vp, and layed sege vnto Iuda, & pitched at Lechi.

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

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then the Philistines came vp, and pytched in Iuda, and camped in Lehi.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves against Lehi.

King James Version (1611)
Then the Philistines went vp, and pitched in Iudah, and spread themselues in Lehi.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Juda, and spread themselves abroad in Lechi.

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

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Philistines went up, camped in Judah, and deployed themselves against Lehi.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Filisteis stieden in to the lond of Juda, and settiden tentis in the place, that was clepid aftirward Lethi, that is, a cheke, wher `the oost of hem was spred a brood.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistines go up, and encamp in Judah, and are spread out in Lehi,

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

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

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

New King James Version
Now the Philistines went up, encamped in Judah, and deployed themselves against Lehi.

New Living Translation
The Philistines retaliated by setting up camp in Judah and spreading out near the town of Lehi.

New Life Bible
The Philistines went and set up their tents in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.

New Revised Standard
Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then went up the Philistines, and encamped in Judah, - and were spread abroad in Lehi.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Revised Standard Version
Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi.

THE MESSAGE
The Philistines set out and made camp in Judah, preparing to attack Lehi (Jawbone). When the men of Judah asked, "Why have you come up against us?" they said, "We're out to get Samson. We're going after Samson to do to him what he did to us."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi.

Contextual Overview

⁹ But it wasn't long before the Philistines invaded Judah and set up a huge army camp at Jawbone. ¹⁰ The people of Judah asked, "Why have you invaded our land?" The Philistines answered, "We've come to get Samson. We're going to do the same things to him that he did to our people." ¹¹ Three thousand men from Judah went to the cave at Etam Rock and said to Samson, "Don't you know that the Philistines rule us, and they will punish us for what you did?" "I was only getting even with them," Samson replied. "They did the same things to me first." ¹² "We came here to tie you up and turn you over to them," said the men of Judah. "I won't put up a fight," Samson answered, "but you have to promise not to hurt me yourselves." ¹³"We promise," the men said. "We will only tie you up and turn you over to the Philistines. We won't kill you." Then they tied up his hands and arms with two brand-new ropes and led him away from Etam Rock. When the Philistines saw that Samson was being brought to their camp at Jawbone, they started shouting and ran toward him. But the Lord 's Spirit took control of Samson, and Samson broke the ropes, as though they were pieces of burnt cloth. ¹⁵ Samson glanced around and spotted the jawbone of a donkey. The jawbone had not yet dried out, so it was still hard and heavy. Samson grabbed it and started hitting Philistines—he killed a thousand of them! ¹⁶ After the fighting was over, he made up this poem about what he had done to the Philistines: I used a donkey's jawbone to kill a thousand men; I beat them with this jawbone over and over again. ¹⁷ Samson tossed the jawbone on the ground and decided to call the place Jawbone Hill. It is still called that today.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lehi: Judges 15:17, Judges 15:19

Cross-References

Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in the bushes. So he took the ram and sacrificed it in place of his son.

Leviticus 1:10
If you sacrifice a ram or a goat, it must not have anything wrong with it.

Leviticus 1:14
If you offer a bird for this kind of sacrifice, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

Leviticus 3:1
The Lord said: When you offer sacrifices to ask my blessing, you may offer either a bull or a cow, but there must be nothing wrong with the animal.

Leviticus 3:6
Instead of a bull or a cow, you may offer any sheep or goat that has nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 9:2
Then he said to Aaron: Find a young bull and a ram that have nothing wrong with them. Offer the bull to the Lord as a sacrifice for sin and the ram as a sacrifice to please him.

Leviticus 9:4
Then the people must offer a bull and a ram as a sacrifice to ask the Lord 's blessing and also a grain sacrifice mixed with oil. Do this, because the Lord will appear to you today.

Leviticus 12:8
If she cannot afford a lamb, she can offer two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice to please me and the other as a sacrifice for sin.

Leviticus 14:22
Depending on what you can afford, you must also offer either two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me.

Psalms 50:5
"Call my followers together! They offered me a sacrifice, and we made an agreement."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the Philistines went up,.... From Palestine, which lay low on the shore of the Mediterranean sea:

and pitched in Judah; in the laud of Judea, which lay higher, particularly in the tribe of Judah, whither they came with an army, and encamped there:

and spread themselves in Lehi; their forces were so many, that they extended a considerable way, and particularly reached to Lehi, that is, which was afterwards so called; for it has its name by anticipation from the jaw bone, which it signifies, with which Samson slew many in this place, as after related.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spread themselves - An expression used of the Philistine mode of war 2 Samuel 5:18, 2 Samuel 5:22, alluding to the compact way in which they came up the wadys, and then distpersed. Lehi is so called by anticipation (see Judges 15:17).