Judges 4:18

4:18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, ¹  my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera ²  stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.

Judges 14:8

14:8 Some time later, when he went back to marry ³  her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw ⁴  a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.

Judges 16:19

16:19 She made him go to sleep on her lap ⁵  and then called a man in to shave off ⁶  the seven braids of his hair. ⁷  She made him vulnerable ⁸  and his strength left him.

[4:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).

[4:18]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:8]  ³ tn Heb “get.”

[14:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and look, a swarm of bees…”

[16:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “on her knees.” The expression is probably euphemistic for sexual intercourse. See HALOT 160-61 s.v. בֶּרֶךְ.

[16:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “she called for a man and she shaved off.” The point seems to be that Delilah acted through the instrumentality of the man. See J. A. Soggin, Judges (OTL), 254.

[16:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “head.” By metonymy the hair of his head is meant.

[16:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “She began to humiliate him.” Rather than referring to some specific insulting action on Delilah’s part after Samson’s hair was shaved off, this statement probably means that she, through the devious actions just described, began the process of Samson’s humiliation which culminates in the following verses.