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Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between; with the torches on fire he drives them into the cornfields of the Philistines which are set aflame (Dutch: 'brand'); the jawbone of an ass on the ground

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Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between; with the torches on fire he drives them into the cornfields of the Philistines which are set aflame (Dutch: 'brand'); the jawbone of an ass on the ground

Simson Gods Heldt, Haelt uyt de mynen, de Vossen loos schaedlyck en boos 'Sy stellen in Brandt, 't Velt d'Bergen 't landt der Philistynen. "Richt.15" (NL)

Iconclass notations

25F23(FOX)(+5212) beasts of prey, predatory animals: fox (+ running animal)
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city
25I1461 city-gate
31A27112(+921) running (+ threatening; fury)
41B32(+0) torch (+ variant)
41B4 on fire, ablaze
45F4 troop movements, transportation
46C13142(+7335) ass, donkey (+ snout, jaw, beak, nib)
47I111 cereal, grain, corn (grass with grains, grown for food, e.g.: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet)
49L8 inscription
71F343 Samson ties three hundred foxes two by two by their tails with a fire-brand in between; with the torches on fire he lets them go into the cornfields of the Philistines which are set aflame
71F35 Samson and the jaw-bone of an ass (Judges 15:9-20)
86(EN SIMSON GING HEEN, VING DRIEHONDERD VOSSEN, NAM FAKKELS, BOND STAART AAN STAART ...) proverbs, sayings, etc. (EN SIMSON GING HEEN, VING DRIEHONDERD VOSSEN, NAM FAKKELS, BOND STAART AAN STAART ...)