Hakim-hakim 15:7

15:7 Samson said to them, “Because you did this, ¹  I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.” ² 

Hakim-hakim 15:15

15:15 He happened to see ³  a solid ⁴  jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it ⁵  and struck down ⁶  a thousand men.

Hakim-hakim 16:1

Samson’s Downfall

16:1 Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her. ⁷ 

[15:7]  ¹ tn The Niphal of נָקָם (naqam, “to avenge, to take vengeance”) followed by the preposition ב (bet) has the force “to get revenge against.” See 1 Sam 18:25; Jer 50:15; Ezek 25:12.

[15:7]  ² tn Heb “and afterward I will stop.”

[15:15]  ³ tn Heb “he found.”

[15:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “fresh,” i.e., not decayed and brittle.

[15:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “he reached out his hand and took it.”

[15:15]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “with it.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[16:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he went in to her.” The idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations.