Hakim-hakim 9:48

9:48 He and all his men ¹  went up on Mount Zalmon. He ²  took an ax ³  in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it ⁴  on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!” ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 14:16

14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder ⁶  and said, “You must ⁷  hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men ⁸  a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?” ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ¹⁰  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ¹¹  fire, and they ¹²  melted away from his hands.

Hakim-hakim 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, ¹³  she sent for ¹⁴  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me ¹⁵  his secret.” ¹⁶  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

[9:48]  ¹ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:48]  ² tn Heb “Abimelech.” The proper name has been replaced with the pronoun (“he”) due to considerations of English style.

[9:48]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.

[9:48]  ⁴ tn Heb “he lifted it and put [it].”

[9:48]  ⁵ tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”

[14:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “only”; or “simply.”

[14:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the sons of my people.”

[14:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “Should I tell you?”

[15:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “burned with.”

[15:14]  ¹² tn Heb “his bonds.”

[16:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

[16:18]  ¹⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

[16:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “all his heart.”