Judges 15:19 (KJV)

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But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw and there came water thereout and when he had drunk his spirit came again and he revived wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore which is in Lehi unto this day

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there came. Isa 44:3

his spirit. Ge 45:27 1Sa 30:12 Isa 40:26

En-hakkore.Samson gave this expressive name to the miraculously springing water, to be as a memorial of the goodness of God to him. En-hakkore, the well of him that cried, which kept him in remembrance both of his own distress which caused him to cry, and the favour of Jehovah to him in answer to his cry. Many a spring of comfort God opens to his people, which may fitly be called by the name En-hakkore: and this instance of Samson's relief should encourage us to trust in God, for when he pleases he can open rivers in high places. Isa 41:17 Isa 41:18

Samson at first gave the name of Ramath-lehi (the lifting up of the jaw-bone) which denoted him great and triumphant: but now he gives it another name, En-hakkore, which denotes him wanting and dependent. Ge 16:13 Ge 22:14 Ge 28:19 Ge 30:30 Ex 17:15 Ps 34:6 Ps 120:1

the jaw. or, Lehi.This reading is certainly preferable: it was in the place called Lehi where a spring was supernaturally opened.

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