Hakim-hakim 6:28

6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw ¹  the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.

Hakim-hakim 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ²  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ³  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Hakim-hakim 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ⁴  tower ⁵  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Hakim-hakim 16:3

16:3 Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. ⁶  He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. ⁷  He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron. ⁸ 

[6:28]  ¹ tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.

[9:7]  ² tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[9:7]  ³ tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

[9:51]  ⁴ tn Or “strong.”

[9:51]  ⁵ tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

[16:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “And Samson lay until the middle of the night and arose in the middle of the night.”

[16:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “with the bar.”

[16:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “which is upon the face of Hebron.”