Judges 15:8

15:8 He struck them down and defeated them. ¹  Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

Judges 15:15

15:15 He happened to see ²  a solid ³  jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it ⁴  and struck down ⁵  a thousand men.

¹ tn Heb “He struck them, calf on thigh, [with] a great slaughter.” The precise meaning of the phrase “calf on thigh” is uncertain.

² tn Heb “he found.”

³ tn Heb “fresh,” i.e., not decayed and brittle.

⁴ tn Heb “he reached out his hand and took it.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds “with it.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.