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Judges 15:8 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Judges 15:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Judges chapter 15 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.”
Judges 15:8 (KJV)
Commentary on Judges 15:8
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.This verse belongs to the Samson cycle addressing Samson's exploits of vengeance. Samson represents both the heights of God-empowered strength and the depths of human weakness through moral compromise. His Nazirite vow (Numbers 6:1-21) set him apart as holy to God, yet his persistent violations of this vow—contact with dead animals (14:8-9), seven-day feast (likely involving wine, 14:10), and finally revealing his hair's secret (16:17)—demonstrate progressive spiritual decline.Theolog...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Judges 15:8
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“I trod them in my anger”
“and made them drunk in my wrath”
“even like straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.”