Lehi in the Bible
Meaning: jawbone
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The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi.
When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord's spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands.
When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named that place Ramath Lehi.
So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day.
Next in command was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi, where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines.
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Lehi » A district » A district of judah, where samson killed a thousand philistines with the jawbone of a donkey
They replied: We have come here to tie you up and hand you over to them. Samson said: Give me your word that you will not kill me. They said: We are only going to tie you up and hand you over to them. We will not kill you. So they tied him up with two new ropes and brought him back from the cliff. When he got to Lehi, the Philistines shouted and ran toward him. Suddenly Jehovah's power made him strong. He broke the ropes around his arms and hands as if they were burnt flax. Samson found a fresh jawbone of a donkey. He picked it up, and killed a thousand men with it. Then Samson said: With the jawbone of a donkey I piled them in piles. With the jawbone of a donkey I killed a thousand men. When he finished speaking he threw the jawbone away. The place where this happened was named Ramath Lehi. Samson became very thirsty. He called to Jehovah: You gave me this great victory. Will I now die of thirst and be captured by these heathen Philistines? God opened a hollow place in the ground there at Lehi, and water came out of it. Samson drank it and felt better. The spring was named Hakkore. It still exists there at Lehi.