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Ramath-lehi
Elevation of Lehi, or the jawbone height; i.e., the Ramah of Lehi (Judg. 15:15-17). The phrase “in the jaw,” ver. 19, Authorized Version, is in the margin, also in the Revised Version, “in Lehi.” Here Samson slew a thousand Philistines with a jawbone.
In the Bible
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Verses where Ramath-lehi is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Judges 15:17
And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Scripture on Ramath-lehi
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Ramath-lehi references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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