Lehi

Lehi, a place where Samson fought against the Philistines and God provided him with water (Judges 15:9, 14, 19).

Lehi is mentioned in the book of Judges as a place where Samson, empowered by the Spirit of God, fought against the Philistines. The Philistines went up and encamped in Judah, spreading out in Lehi (Judges 15:9). When Samson was handed over to the Philistines by the men of Judah, he broke free from his bonds and struck down a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey (Judges 15:14-15). After this victory, Samson was thirsty, and God miraculously provided water for him to drink from a hollow place in Lehi (Judges 15:19). The name "Lehi" is also mentioned in 2Sa.23.11 as the location of a battle where Shammah, one of David's mighty men, stood his ground against the Philistines and achieved a great victory.

A jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg. 15:9, 14, 16), slaying a thousand of them with the jawbone of an ass. The words in 15:19, “a hollow place that was in the jaw” (A.V.), should be, as in Revised Version, “the hollow place that is in Lehi.”