Judges 15:18
And 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?
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And he was sore athirst,.... Which Josephus (n) thinks came upon him as a rebuke unto him, for ascribing the victory he had obtained to his own strength, and not to the Lord, whereby he was shown his…
Here is, I. The distress which Samson was in after this great performance (Jdg 15:18): He was sore athirst. It was a natural effect of the great heat he had been in, and the great pains he had taken;…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Samson becomes religious when he is in straits; cf. Jdg 16:28.
great deliverance Cf. 1Sa 19:5; 2Sa 23:10; 2Sa 23:12.
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