Judges 16:24

16:24 When the people saw him, ¹  they praised their god, saying, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!” ² 

Judges 18:17

18:17 The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole ³  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. ⁴ 

[16:24]  ¹ tn Most interpret this as a reference to Samson, but this seems premature, since v. 25 suggests he was not yet standing before them. Consequently some prefer to see this statement as displaced and move it to v. 25 (see C. F. Burney, Judges, 387). It seems more likely that the pronoun refers to an image of Dagon.

[16:24]  ² tn Heb “multiplied our dead.”

[18:17]  ³ tn Heb “went up, went in there, took.”

[18:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war.”