15 He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men. 16 Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.” 17 And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Judges 15:15–17
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