Water from the Jawbone at Lehi

Fresh from a great victory, Samson was dying of thirst. He called on the LORD, and God split open a hollow place and brought out water to revive him.

At Lehi the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon Samson, his bonds fell away, and with the fresh jawbone of an ass he slew a thousand Philistines. Afterward he was sore athirst and called on the LORD, asking whether, after so great a deliverance, he must now die of thirst and fall into the hands of his enemies. God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw, and water came out. When Samson drank, his spirit came again and he revived. He named the spring Enhakkore, which the text says was still in Lehi in the writer's day.

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Category: Provision
Testament: Old Testament
Performed by: God

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God Opens a Spring

Judges 15:18-19

Exhausted after victory, Samson cries out in his need, and God answers by opening a spring of water to revive him.

A¹⁸nd he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

¹⁹ But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.