Judges 1:15

1:15 She answered, “Please give me a special present. ¹  Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. ² 

Judges 3:20

3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated ³  upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God ⁴  for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat, ⁵ 

Judges 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ⁶  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ⁷  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ⁸ 

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¹ tn Elsewhere the Hebrew word בְרָכָה (vÿrakhah) is often translated “blessing,” but here it refers to a gift (as in Gen 33:11; 1 Sam 25:27; 30:26; and 2 Kgs 5:15).

² tn Some translations regard the expressions “springs of water” (גֻּלֹּת מָיִם, gullot mayim) and “springs” (גֻּלֹּת) as place names here (cf. NRSV).

³ 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.

⁴ tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”

⁵ tn Or “throne.”

⁶ tn Heb “his.”

⁷ tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

⁸ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.