Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ¹  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ²  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ³  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ⁴ 

Judges 16:12

16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, ⁵  Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) ⁶  But he tore the ropes ⁷  from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

Judges 20:32

20:32 Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ⁸  and lure them ⁹  away from the city into the main roads.”

Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ¹⁰  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ¹¹  They began to strike down their enemy ¹²  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ¹³  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ¹⁴  about thirty Israelites.

[16:9]  ¹ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (vÿha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).

[16:9]  ² tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:9]  ³ tn Heb “when it smells fire.”

[16:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”

[16:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:32]  ⁹ tn Or “run away.”

[20:32]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him” (collective singular).

[20:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “went out to meet.”

[20:31]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

[20:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

[20:31]  ¹⁶ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:31]  ¹⁷ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.