Judges 3:16

3:16 Ehud made himself a sword – it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. ¹  He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.

Judges 8:12

8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon ²  chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised ³  their entire army.

Judges 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ⁴  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ⁵ 

Judges 16:29

16:29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple ⁶  and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.

[3:16]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term גֹּמֶד (gomed) denotes a unit of linear measure, perhaps a cubit (the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger – approximately 18 inches [45 cm]). Some suggest it is equivalent to the short cubit (the distance between the elbow and the knuckles of the clenched fist – approximately 13 inches [33 cm]) or to the span (the distance between the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger in a spread hand – approximately 9 inches [23 cm]). See BDB 167 s.v.; HALOT 196 s.v.; B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 142.

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ³ tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”

[11:38]  ³ tn Heb “he sent her.”

[11:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

[16:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”