Hakim-hakim 5:9

5:9 My heart went out ¹  to Israel’s leaders,

to the people who answered the call to war.

Praise the Lord!

Hakim-hakim 8:11

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ²  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 9:56

9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 13:12

13:12 Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, ⁵  how should the child be raised and what should he do?” ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 15:7

15:7 Samson said to them, “Because you did this, ⁷  I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.” ⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 16:10

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ⁹  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

[5:9]  ¹ tn The words “went out” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.

[9:56]  ⁴ tn Heb “seventy brothers.”

[13:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “Now, [when] your word comes [to pass].”

[13:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “what will be the child’s rule [i.e., way of life] and his work?”

[15:7]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “and afterward I will stop.”

[16:10]  ⁹ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.