It is possible that Samson’s mention of killing a thousand men might be a condemnation of Judah’s cowardice. What could three thousand Judahites have done to the enemy if they had rallied by faith? Of course, Samson is chief to blame for not being the leader he ought to have been
16 And Samson said, “With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey have I struck down a thousand men.”