Judges 15:10

15:10 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

15:12 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

16:6 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

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ⁸  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

Judges 16:12

16:12 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

16:21 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]  ⁷ tn Or “moist.”

[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.