Judges 15:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

Smote them hip and thigh - a proverbial expression for a merciless slaughter.

Went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam - rather, went down and dwelt х bic`iyp (H5585)] in a cleft; i:e., a cave or cavern of the 'cliff' Etam.

Judges 15:8

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.