Judges 16:8

16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

Judges 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, ¹  she sent for ²  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me ³  his secret.” ⁴  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

Judges 3:3

3:3 These were the nations: ⁵  the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo-Hamath. ⁶ 

Judges 16:23

Samson’s Death and Burial

16:23 The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us.”

Judges 16:27

16:27 Now the temple ⁷  was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.

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 ⁸  him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”

Judges 16:30

16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ⁹  and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. ¹⁰ 

[16:18]  ¹ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:18]  ² tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

[16:18]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

[16:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[3:3]  ¹ tn The words “These were the nations,” though not present in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[3:3]  ² tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”

[16:27]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

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

[16:30]  ¹ tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

[16:30]  ² tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”