Read the text of Shoftim 15
Bullet Point Summary
Shoftim Perek 15
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Shimshon remembers his wife.
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Shimshon is denied access to her by his father in-law, who offers Shimshon a younger daughter instead.
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Shimshon sends three hundred foxes with lit torches tied between their tails into the Plishti town in order to burn it down.
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The Plishtim respond by going to war against the tribe of Yehudah.
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Yehudah responds, saying that they will hand Shimshon over to them.
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Three thousand men of Yehudah speak to Shimshon about what is happening.
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Shimshon consents to being tied up with ropes and handed over to the Plishtim.
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Shimshon destroys the ropes that bind him and he kills one thousand Plishtim with the jawbone of a donkey.
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Hashem performs a miracle that the donkey’s jawbone gave forth water to revive the thirsty and weakened Shimshon.
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Shimshon is the judge of the Jews for 20 years.