13 “No,” they said,[a] “we won’t kill you, but we will tie you up securely and hand you over to them.” So they tied him up with two new ropes(A) and led him away from the rock.

14 When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came to meet him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully on him, and the ropes that were on his arms and wrists became like burnt flax and fell off. 15 He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand, took it, and killed a thousand men with it.

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  1. 15:13 Lit said to him

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