Judges 9:25

9:25 The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting ¹  bandits in ²  the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. ³ 

Judges 9:43

9:43 he took his men ⁴  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ⁵  he attacked and struck them down. ⁶ 

Judges 16:12

16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, ⁷  Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) ⁸  But he tore the ropes ⁹  from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.

Judges 20:33

20:33 ¹⁰  All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.

Judges 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ¹¹  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

[9:25]  ¹ tn Heb “set against him bandits.”

[9:25]  ² tn Heb “on the tops of.”

[9:25]  ³ tn Heb “It was told to Abimelech.”

[9:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

[9:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”

[16:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ¹⁰ sn Verses 33-36a give a condensed account of the battle from this point on, while vv. 36b-48 offer a more detailed version of how the ambush contributed to Gibeah’s defeat.

[20:36]  ¹³ tn Heb “gave place to.”