20And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
Focused Passage
Judges 15:20
Samson's Retaliation, Judah's Surrender, and the LORD's Deliverance at Lehi
From a broken marriage visit and retaliatory crop burning, through Philistine revenge and Judah's surrender of Samson, to Spirit-empowered victory with a jawbone and the LORD's mercy in providing water to His exhausted servant.
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Verse 20
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And [Samson] judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧טH8199Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularfor twentyעֶשְׂרִ֥יםH6242Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָֽה׃פH8141Noun - feminine singularin the daysבִּימֵ֥יH3117Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430Noun - proper - masculine plural