Judges 3:20

3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated ¹  upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God ²  for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat, ³ 

Judges 7:3

7:3 Now, announce to the men, ⁴  ‘Whoever is shaking with fear ⁵  may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” ⁶  Twenty-two thousand men ⁷  went home; ⁸  ten thousand remained.

Judges 16:9

16:9 They hid ⁹  in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, ¹⁰  Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. ¹¹  The secret of his strength was not discovered. ¹² 

[3:20]  ¹ tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.

[3:20]  ² tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”

[3:20]  ³ tn Or “throne.”

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “call into the ears of the people.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “afraid and shaking.”

[7:3]  ⁶ tc Many interpreters reject the MT reading “and leave Mount Gilead” for geographical reasons. A possible alternative, involving rather radical emendation of the Hebrew text, would be, “So Gideon tested them” (i.e., thinned the ranks in this manner).

[7:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because warriors are in view, and in ancient Israelite culture these would be only males. (This is also the case in vv. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.)

[7:3]  ⁸ tn Or “turned around, back.”

[16:9]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ tn Heb “are upon you.”

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

[16:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “His strength was not known.”