Judges 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ¹  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ²  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Judges 9:54

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ³  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ⁴  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

Judges 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ⁵  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ⁶ 

Judges 16:28

16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, ⁷  remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge ⁸  against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

¹ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

² tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

³ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

⁶ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.

⁷ tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

⁸ tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”