Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.

Bible References

The philistines

Judges 5:30
'Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?'
Judges 16:24
When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand."
Exodus 14:3
Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, 'They are entangled in the land. The wilderness has shut them in.'
1 Samuel 4:5
When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
Job 20:5
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Micah 7:8
Don't rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

The cords

Judges 16:9
Now she had an ambush waiting in the inner room. She said to him, "The Philistines are on you, Samson!" He broke the cords, as a string of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known.
1 Samuel 17:35
I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
Psalm 18:34
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of bronze.
Psalm 118:11
They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I indeed cut them off.
Philippians 4:3
Yes, I beg you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.