These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains—he wielded his spear against 800 and slew them in one encounter.
Judges 15:15 - Tree of Life Version Then he found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out and took it, and killed a thousand men with it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he found a still moist jawbone of a donkey and reached out and took it and slew 1,000 men with it. American Standard Version (1901) And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. Common English Bible He found a donkey’s fresh jawbone, picked it up, and used it to attack one thousand men. Catholic Public Domain Version And finding a jawbone which was laying there, that is, the jawbone of a donkey, snatching it up, he put to death a thousand men with it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And finding a jawbone, even the jawbone of an ass which lay there, catching it up, be slew therewith a thousand men. |
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains—he wielded his spear against 800 and slew them in one encounter.
You will chase your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.
Five of you will chase 100 and 100 of you will chase 10,000, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, and made foreign armies flee.
One of you can put a thousand to flight, for Adonai your God, He Himself is fighting for you, just as He said to you.
Then Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, a heap … two heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I struck down a thousand men.”
As soon as he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand. Then he named that place Ramat-lehi.
After him came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down 600 Philistine men with an ox-goad. So he also delivered Israel.
Then Yael, Heber’s wife, took a tent pin and got a hammer in her hand, approached him stealthily and drove the pin into his temple until it pierced through into the ground—for he was exhausted and in a deep sleep. So he died.
Then he divided the 300 men into three columns, and he put into the hands of all of them shofarot and empty pitchers, with torches inside the pitchers.
That first assault that Jonathan and his armor-bearer made struck down about 20 men within about half a furrow in an acre of land.
Then Jonathan said to the young man carrying his armor, “Come, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. Perhaps Adonai will work for us, for nothing restrains Adonai from delivering whether by many or by few.”