Judges 11:18

11:18 Then Israel ¹  went through the desert and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; ²  they did not go through Moabite territory (the Arnon was Moab’s border).

Judges 16:2

16:2 The Gazites were told, ³  “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town ⁴  and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. ⁵  They relaxed ⁶  all night, thinking, ⁷  “He will not leave ⁸  until morning comes; ⁹  then we will kill him!”

[11:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel; the pronoun in the Hebrew text represents a collective singular) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:18]  ² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ³ tc Heb “To the Gazites, saying.” A verb is missing from the MT; some ancient Greek witnesses add “it was reported.”

[16:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “And they surrounded.” The rest of the verse suggests that “the town” is the object, not “the house.” Though the Gazites knew Samson was in the town, apparently they did not know exactly where he had gone. Otherwise, they would could have just gone into or surrounded the house and would not have needed to post guards at the city gate.

[16:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they lay in wait for him all night in the city gate.”

[16:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “were silent.”

[16:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “saying.”

[16:2]  ⁸ tn The words “He will not leave” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[16:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”