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 spoil and are dividing it? To each man a damsel or two; to Sisera a spoil of different colours, a spoil of different colours of needlework, of different colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of those that take the spoil?
Judges 16:24
And when the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered our enemy into our hands, the destroyer of our country, who slew many of us.
Exodus 14:3
For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.
1 Samuel 4:5
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with such a great shout that the earth trembled.
Job 20:5
that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Micah 7:8
Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy; for if I have fallen, I shall arise; if I sit in darkness, the LORD is my light.

The cords

Judges 16:9
Now there were men lying in wait in a chamber of her house. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he broke the wicker strands as a thread of tow is broken when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known.
1 Samuel 17:35
I went out after him and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth; and if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and smote him and slew him.
Psalm 18:34
He trains my hands for the battle, so that a bow of bronze shall be broken by my arms.
Psalm 118:11
They compassed me about; yea, they laid hold of me; but in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Philippians 4:3
And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women who laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also and with my other fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.