| Judges 15:8
| And he made a great slaughter of them, so that in astonishment they laid the calf of the leg upon the thigh. And going down he dwelt in a cavern of the rock Etam.
| Thigh. Striking this part is often mentioned as a mark of consternation, Jeremias 31:19. (Menochius) --- Hebrew, "and he smote them thigh and leg, with a great slaughter." (Haydock) --- Vatable supposes this means an entire destruction. Chaldean, "he smote both horse and foot." He rendered them incapable of fleeing, or of making resistance, Nahum 2:5. (Calmet) --- Cavern. Hebrew sahiph, signifies, "the top, branch, etc. The rock might be covered with wood, (Calmet) and was situated in the confines of the tribes of Simeon, Juda, and Dan, 1 Paralipomenon 4:32. (Menochius)
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