God Provides Water after Samson's Cry

After the battle at Lehi, Samson remains in the area and needs water.

Samson has just broken free by the Spirit and killed a thousand with a jawbone (15:14-17). His own first speech emphasized what he had done; this prayer directly credits the Lord with deliverance. The twenty-year notice in 15:20 follows after the water scene, still locating Samson's service in Philistine days.

The victor depends on the Lord for water and life after the battle.

Understanding the Big Idea

After the Lehi battle Samson is severely thirsty and cries to the Lord. In the prayer he credits God with the great deliverance through His servant, then fears dying of thirst or falling to Philistines. God opens a hollow place in Lehi; water comes out, Samson drinks, and he revives. The extraordinary provision answers this particular bodily need without promising identical rescue in every crisis.

To show Samson’s bodily need after the Lehi victory, his appeal to the Lord as giver of deliverance, and God’s provision of water that revives him.

God’s provision of water sustains Samson’s life in this episode, but it is not the saving gospel in miniature. Christ died for sins and was raised (1 Corinthians 15:3-4); physical rescue here should not be equated with forgiveness or guaranteed healing.

1. What condition follows Samson’s victory?
2. To whom does he cry, and whom does he credit with deliverance?
3. What does God open and provide?
4. What happens when Samson drinks?
5. Does the narrative promise every believer an identical provision?