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Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
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The Prophetic Place Name
Multiple commentators explain that the location is called 'Lehi' by anticipation. The name itself, which means 'jawbone' in Hebrew, is a direct reference to the weapon Samson will famously use in the verses that follow. The author intentionally names the place before the event, building narrative tension for the reader.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Spread themselves - An expression used of the Philistine mode of war (2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:22), alluding to the…
19th Century
Anglican
Then the Philistines went up. —They “went up” in hostile array against the hill-country of Judea to take vengeance for the dreadfu…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then the Philistines went up From Palestine, which lay low on the shore of the Mediterranean sea:
and …
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