Hakim-hakim 3:20

3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated ¹  upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God ²  for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat, ³ 

Hakim-hakim 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ⁴  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ⁵  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 9:44

9:44 Abimelech and his units ⁷  attacked and blocked ⁸  the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

Hakim-hakim 13:9

13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. ⁹  God’s angelic messenger visited ¹⁰  the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

[3:20]  ¹ tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.

[3:20]  ² tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”

[3:20]  ³ tn Or “throne.”

[3:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “his.”

[3:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

[3:24]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

[9:44]  ⁷ tn Or possibly, “the unit that was with him.”

[9:44]  ⁸ tn Heb “stood [at].”

[13:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

[13:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “came to.”