Samson slays a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: Z. Scheckel, inscription lower right. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 80. Click on image to enlarge it.
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men [Judges 15: 16; King James Bible]
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Bibliography
Die Bibel in Bildern [Picture Bible] von Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Georg Wigands, 1860. Hathi Digital Trust Library online version of a copy in the Columbia University Library. Web. 25 June 2016.
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