But 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 Enhakkore, which [is] in Lehi unto this day.
Ver. 19. But God clave a hollow place.] In figure like a mortar, as Proverbs 27:22 .
That was in the jaw.] Or rather in Lehi, the place so called. See the like in Psalms 78:15,16; a Deuteronomy 32:13, - "He made him to suck honey out of the rock," that is, water as good as honey, because in a pressing necessity.
Wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore.] That is, The well of him that called or cried. See Judges 15:17. If we should not be in straits sometimes, God should have no tribute from us, as those malignants in Ezra suggested against the returned captives. Ezr 4:13
Which is in Lehi unto this day.] Till Samuel's time, who is thought to have written this book. Jerome saith it remained till his time. And Glycas saith, in the suburbs of Eleutheropolis is still seen a spring called The Jaw Bone.
a Locus ille referebat mortarium. - Vat.