Hakim-hakim 1:33

1:33 The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. ¹  They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites ²  living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them.

Hakim-hakim 3:28

3:28 He said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” ³  They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River ⁴  opposite Moab, ⁵  and did not let anyone cross.

Hakim-hakim 9:20

9:20 But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!”

Hakim-hakim 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ⁶  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ⁷  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ⁸  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Hakim-hakim 11:26

11:26 Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?

Hakim-hakim 14:9

14:9 He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned ⁹  to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion’s carcass. ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 15:1

Samson Versus the Philistines

15:1 Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, ¹¹  Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. ¹²  He said to her father, ¹³  “I want to have sex with my bride in her bedroom!” ¹⁴  But her father would not let him enter.

Hakim-hakim 16:20

16:20 She said, “The Philistines are here, ¹⁵  Samson!” He woke up ¹⁶  and thought, ¹⁷  “I will do as I did before ¹⁸  and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.

Hakim-hakim 19:18

19:18 The Levite ¹⁹  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ²⁰  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ²¹  But no one has invited me into their home.

[1:33]  ¹ tn Heb “the people living in Beth Shemesh or the people living in Beth Anath.”

[1:33]  ² tn The term “Canaanites” is supplied here both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[3:28]  ³ tn Heb “for the Lord has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

[3:28]  ⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

[3:28]  ⁵ tn Or “against Moab,” that is, so as to prevent the Moabites from crossing.

[11:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[11:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

[14:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “went.” Samson apparently went home to his parents before going to Timnah for the marriage. Seeing and tasting the honey appears to encourage Manoah to go with his son to Timnah. Perhaps both Samson and his father viewed the honey as a good omen of future blessing. Possibly Samson considered it a symbol of sexual pleasure or an aphrodisiac. Note the use of honey imagery in Song 4:11 and 5:1.

[14:9]  ¹⁰ sn Touching the carcass of a dead animal undoubtedly violated Samson’s Nazirite status. See Num 6:6.

[15:1]  ¹¹ sn The wheat harvest took place during the month of May. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 37, 88.

[15:1]  ¹² tn Heb “Samson visited his wife with a young goat.”

[15:1]  ¹³ tn The words “to her father” are supplied in the translation (see the end of the verse).

[15:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will go to my wife in the bedroom.” The Hebrew idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations. The cohortative form used by Samson can be translated as indicating resolve (“I want to go”) or request (“let me go”).

[16:20]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:20]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew adds, “from his sleep.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[16:20]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and said.”

[16:20]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “I will go out as before.”

[19:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ²⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ²¹ tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”