Judges 12:1

Civil Strife Mars the Victory

12:1 The Ephraimites assembled ¹  and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight ²  with the Ammonites without asking ³  us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!” ⁴ 

Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ⁵  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ⁶  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ⁷  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

² tn Heb “cross over to fight.”

³ tn Or “calling”; or “summoning.”

⁴ tn Heb “Your house we will burn over you with fire.”

⁵ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (vÿha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).

⁶ tn Heb “are upon you.”

⁷ tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

⁸ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”