Shofetim 15:9

9 Then the Pelishtim went up and encamped in Yehudah, and spread themselves out in Lechi.

Shofetim 15:9 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 15:9

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.

Shofetim 15:9 In-Context

7 And Shimshon said unto them, Since ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you and after that I will cease.

8 And he struck them hip and thigh with a makkah gedolah; and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

9 Then the Pelishtim went up and encamped in Yehudah, and spread themselves out in Lechi.

10 And the ish Yehudah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Shimshon are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

11 Then three thousand men of Yehudah went to the top of the rock Etam and said to Shimshon, Knowest thou not that the Pelishtim are rulers over us? What is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.