Judges 15:18 Meaning and Explanation
“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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Read Full Chapter →Overcome with thirst, Samson cries out to the LORD, acknowledging God as the giver of the victory and pleading not to die now in enemy hands.
What Does Judges 15:18 Mean?
The battle won, Samson is suddenly undone by thirst and turns at last to prayer. Notably, he now names the LORD as the one who gave this great deliverance into his servant's hand, the very victory he had just credited to a jawbone. He fears he will die of thirst and fall to the uncircumcised Philistines.
This is the first recorded prayer of Samson, and it marks a humbling. Brought to the end of his own strength, the mighty man confesses his need and calls God his deliverer. It is a quiet turning of the heart, a reminder that our weakness often becomes the doorway through which we finally learn to depend on the Lord.
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What does Judges 15:18 mean?
Overcome with thirst, Samson cries out to the LORD, acknowledging God as the giver of the victory and pleading not to die now in enemy hands.