Judges 15:10
Context15:10 The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking 1 us?” The Philistines 2 said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”
Judges 15:12
Context15:12 They said to him, “We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines.” Samson said to them, “Promise me 3 you will not kill 4 me.”
Judges 16:6-7
Context16:6 So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated.” 5 16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh 6 bowstrings 7 that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
Judges 16:10
Context16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived 8 me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”
Judges 16:12
Context16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, 9 Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) 10 But he tore the ropes 11 from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.
Judges 16:21
Context16:21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.


[15:10] 1 tn Or “come up against.”
[15:10] 2 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[15:12] 3 tn Or “swear to me.”
[15:12] 4 tn Heb “meet [with hostility]”; “harm.” In light of v. 13, “kill” is an appropriate translation.
[16:6] 5 tn Heb “how you can be subdued in order to be humiliated.”
[16:7] 8 tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.
[16:10] 9 tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.
[16:12] 11 tn Heb “are upon you.”
[16:12] 12 tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”
[16:12] 13 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.