Judges 11:37

11:37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. ¹  For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.” ² 

Judges 14:16-17

14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder ³  and said, “You must ⁴  hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men ⁵  a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?” ⁶  14:17 She cried on his shoulder ⁷  until the party was almost over. ⁸  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ⁹  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ¹⁰ 

Judges 20:23

20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we ¹¹  again march out to fight ¹²  the Benjaminites, our brothers?” ¹³  The Lord said, “Attack them!” ¹⁴ 

Judges 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ¹⁵  went up to ¹⁶  Bethel. ¹⁷  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ¹⁸  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ¹⁹  to the Lord.

[11:37]  ¹ tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”

[11:37]  ² tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”

[14:16]  ³ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “only”; or “simply.”

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sons of my people.”

[14:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Should I tell you?”

[14:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

[14:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

[14:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

[20:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “I” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “approach for battle.”

[20:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Go up against him” (collective singular).

[20:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ¹¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ¹² tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ¹³ tn Or “peace offerings.”