Judges 1:7

1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up ¹  food scraps ²  under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” ³  They brought him to Jerusalem, ⁴  where he died.

Judges 6:13

6:13 Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, ⁵  but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster ⁶  overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ⁷  ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

Judges 6:22

6:22 When Gideon realized ⁸  that it was the Lord’s messenger, he ⁹  said, “Oh no! ¹⁰  Master, Lord! ¹¹  I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”

Judges 16:28

16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, ¹²  remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge ¹³  against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

[1:7]  ¹ tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.

[1:7]  ² tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[1:7]  ³ tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.

[1:7]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “But my lord.”

[6:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “all this.”

[6:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “saying.”

[6:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “saw.”

[6:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:22]  ¹¹ tn Or “Ah!”

[6:22]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text reads אֲדֹנַי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih, “Lord [the same title used in v. 15], Lord”).

[16:28]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

[16:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”