Judges 15:4

Easy To Read Version

So Samson went out and caught 300 foxes. He took two foxes at a time and tied their tails together to make pairs. Then he tied a torch between the tails of each pair of foxes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:30

Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to my field. He has barley growing in that field. Go burn the barley.”

Psalm 63:10

They will be killed with swords.\par Wild dogs will eat their dead bodies.\par

Isaiah 7:4

“Tell Ahaz, ‘Be careful, but be calm. Don’t be afraid. Don’t let those two men, Rezin and Remaliah’s son, {\cf2\super [78]} scare you! Those men are like two burnt sticks. In the past they were burning hot. But now they are only smoke. Rezin, Aram, and Remaliah’s son are angry.

Lamentations 5:18

Mount Zion is a wasteland.\par Foxes run around on Mount Zion.\par

Judges 15:3

But Samson said to him, “Now I have a good reason to hurt you Philistine people. No one will blame me now.”

Judges 15:5

Samson lit the torches that were between the foxes’ tails. Then he let the foxes run through the grain fields of the Philistine people. In this way, he burned up the plants growing in their fields and the stacks of grain they had cut. He also burned up their fields of grapes and their olive trees.