Richter 15:15

15 Und er fand einen frischen Eselskinnbacken, und er streckte seine Hand aus und nahm ihn und erschlug damit tausend Mann.

Richter 15:15 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 15:15

And he found a new jawbone of an ass
That is, the jawbone of an ass lately killed, which perhaps had some of the flesh upon it, the blood or purulent matter on it; for Jarchi says, he had read in the books of physicians, that the word here used signifies the sanies or purulent matter of a wound; however, it was moist, and fresh, and so tough and strong, and would bear to strike with, and give hard blows with, when an old jawbone would have been dry and brittle; and perhaps the asses of those countries were larger than ours, and so their jawbones bigger and stronger:

and put forth his hand and took it;
it lay near him, being so disposed by the providence of God at the time and place where his cords were loosed from him, and he reached and took it up:

and slew one thousand men therewith,
such was his great strength, that every blow he gave in all probability killed a man; there have been wonderful things done by mighty warriors, but none like this; they have by the use of warlike weapons destroyed many, as with the sword or spear, but not with such an instrument. One of David's worthies slew three hundred men at one time with his spear, ( 1 Chronicles 11:11 ) and Scanderbeg with his sword slew great numbers of the Turks with his own hand at different times; what comes nearest to this is Shamgar's killing six hundred Philistines with an ox goad, ( Judges 3:31 ) , this may be an emblem of the weak and contemptible means of the Gospel, the foolishness of preaching, by which Christ has conquered and subdued multitudes to himself.

Richter 15:15 In-Context

13 Und sie sprachen zu ihm und sagten: Nein, sondern binden wollen wir dich und dich in ihre Hand liefern; aber töten wollen wir dich nicht. Und sie banden ihn mit zwei neuen Stricken und führten ihn aus dem Felsen herauf.

14 Als er nach Lechi kam, da jauchzten ihm die Philister entgegen; aber der Geist Jehovas geriet über ihn, und die Stricke, welche an seinen Armen waren, wurden wie Flachsfäden, die vom Feuer versengt sind, und seine Bande schmolzen weg von seinen Händen.

15 Und er fand einen frischen Eselskinnbacken, und er streckte seine Hand aus und nahm ihn und erschlug damit tausend Mann.

16 Und Simson sprach: Mit dem Eselskinnbacken einen Haufen, zwei Haufen! Mit dem Eselskinnbacken habe ich tausend Mann erschlagen!

17 Und es geschah, als er ausgeredet hatte, da warf er den Kinnbacken aus seiner Hand; und er nannte selbigen Ort Ramath-Lechi.