Judges 13:9

13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer.¹ God’s angelic messenger visited² the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 6:36

6:36 Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel,³ as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.⁴

Judges 10:14

10:14 Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!”⁵

Judges 20:27

20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

Judges 13:6

13:6 The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God⁶ came to me! He looked like God’s angelic messenger – he was very awesome.⁷ I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock,⁸ and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed.⁹

Judges 18:31

18:31 They worshiped¹⁰ Micah’s carved image¹¹ the whole time God’s authorized shrine¹² was in Shiloh.

Judges 20:2

20:2 The leaders¹³ of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered¹⁴ four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

Judges 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel¹⁵ and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably.¹⁶

Judges 6:39

6:39 Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign.¹⁷ Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.”¹⁸

Judges 7:14

7:14 The other man said,¹⁹ “Without a doubt this symbolizes²⁰ the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

Judges 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord,²¹ “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God²² to visit²³ us again, so he can teach²⁴ us how we should raise²⁵ the child who will be born.”

Judges 16:28

16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord,²⁶ remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge²⁷ against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

¹tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

²tn Heb “came to.”

³tn More literally, “you are about to deliver Israel by my hand.”

⁴tn The words “then give me a sign as proof” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵tn Heb “in your time of trouble.”

⁷tn Heb “The man of God.”

⁸tn Heb “His appearance was like the appearance of the messenger of God, very awesome.”

⁹tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

¹⁰tn Heb “and he did so.”

¹¹tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

¹²tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

¹³tn Heb “the house of God.”

¹³tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.

¹⁴tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

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¹⁶tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.

¹⁷tn Heb “Let your anger not rage at me, so that I might speak only this once.”

¹⁸tn Heb “let the fleece alone be dry, while dew is on all the ground.”

¹⁹tn Heb “answered and said.”

²⁰tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”

²¹tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²²tn Heb “the man of God.”

²³tn Heb “come to.”

²⁴tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

²⁵tn Heb “what we should do for.”

²³tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

²⁴tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”