Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ¹  and gave them ²  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ³ 

Judges 17:4

17:4 When he gave the silver back to his mother, she ⁴  took two hundred pieces of silver ⁵  to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

² tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

³ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

⁴ tn Heb “his mother.” The pronoun (“she”) has been substituted for the noun (“mother”) in the translation because of English style.

⁵ tn The Hebrew text has “and gave it.” The referent (the pieces of silver) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and it was in Micah’s house.”