Hakim-hakim 3:15

3:15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he ¹  raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. ²  The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 6:19

6:19 Gideon went and prepared a young goat, ⁴  along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food ⁵  to him under the oak tree and presented it to him.

Hakim-hakim 6:28

6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw ⁶  the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

Hakim-hakim 13:20

13:20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it ⁷  while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown ⁸  to the ground.

Hakim-hakim 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ⁹  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 16:30

16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ¹¹  and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. ¹² 

[3:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” This has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:15]  ² tn The phrase, which refers to Ehud, literally reads “bound/restricted in the right hand,” apparently a Hebrew idiom for a left-handed person. See Judg 20:16, where 700 Benjaminites are described in this way. Perhaps the Benjaminites purposely trained several of their young men to be left-handed warriors by restricting the use of the right hand from an early age so the left hand would become dominant. Left-handed men would have a distinct military advantage, especially when attacking city gates. See B. Halpern, “The Assassination of Eglon: The First Locked-Room Murder Mystery,” BRev 4 (1988): 35.

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “The Israelites sent by his hand an offering to Eglon, king of Moab.”

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “a kid from among the goats.”

[6:19]  ⁵ tn The words “the food” are not in the Hebrew text (an implied direct object). They are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[6:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.

[13:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the flame from the altar.”

[13:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “on their faces.”

[15:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

[15:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.

[16:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

[16:30]  ¹² tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”