After fighting a bloody battle against Israel’s enemies and achieving a stunning victory, Samson felt thirsty. Beating to death a thousand men with the jawbone of an ass drys a man out.

In desperation Samson cried to the Lord, You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?

Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore, and it is still there in Lehi.

En Hakkore in Hebrew translates to Caller’s Spring in English. Like He did for Moses in the wilderness, the Lord provided water from a rock for Samson. I love the name given the new spring, which still flowed at the time this account was recorded. The label served as a reminder to always seek the Lord, especially in our thirst.

Keep calling. The Lord hears the desperate.

Judges 15 in reading the Bible in 2023

Photo by Michael Surazhsky