14. When Samson came to the place named Lehi, the Philistines came to meet him. They were shouting for joy. Then the Spirit of the Lord entered Samson and gave him great power. The ropes on him became weak like strings that had been burned. They fell off his hands!
15. Samson found a jawbone of a donkey that had just died. He took it and killed 1,000 men with it!
16. Then Samson said,“With a donkey’s jawboneI have made donkeys out of them.With a donkey’s jawboneI have killed 1,000 men!”
17. When he finished speaking, he threw away the jawbone. So that place was named Ramath Lehi.
18. Samson was very thirsty. So he cried out to the Lord. He said, “I am your servant. You gave me this great victory. Do I have to die of thirst now? Do I have to be captured by people who are not circumcised?”
19. Then God opened up a hole in the ground at Lehi, and water came out. When Samson drank that water, he felt better. He felt strong again. So he named that spring Caller’s Spring. It is still there in Lehi to this day.
20. So Samson judged Israel for 20 years. That was in the days of the Philistines.