Judges 16:5

16:5 The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate ¹  him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”

Judges 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, ²  she sent for ³  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me ⁴  his secret.” ⁵  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

[16:5]  ¹ tn Heb “subdue him in order to humiliate him.”

[16:18]  ² tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:18]  ³ tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

[16:18]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “all his heart.”