JUDGES 15:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.”
Samson's victory song—"With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps"—employs celebratory parallelism mocking the weapon's baseness. The Hebrew chamor suggests both animal and load-bearing; with mere burdens he accomplishes divine work. The song echoes Miriam's victory song, connecting Samson to Israel's redemptive tradition. Yet unlike Miriam's celebration of Yahweh's deliverance, Samson celebrates Samson. Individual witness signals moral corruption.
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