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Lehi in the Bible.

Lehi is a town in the Bible, about 22 km (14 miles) west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 3 verses, from Judges 15:9 to Judges 15:19.

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What happened at Lehi.

A jawbone, a place in the tribe of Judah where Samson achieved a victory over the Philistines (Judg. 15:9, 14, 16), slaying a thousand of them with the jawbone of an ass. The words in 15:19, “a hollow place that was in the jaw” (A.V.), should be, as in Revised Version, “the hollow place that is in Lehi.”

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Lehi.

Judah 1

Near Lehi.

All 3 verses that name Lehi.

Judges 3

  • Judges 15:9Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.
  • Judges 15:14And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
  • Judges 15:19But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

Questions about Lehi.

Where is Lehi in the Bible?

Lehi is a town about 22 km (14 miles) west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Lehi named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Lehi in 3 verses, in 1 book, from Judges 15:9 to Judges 15:19.

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