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 4:5

4:5 She would sit³ under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel⁴ in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled.⁵

Judges 4:9

4:9 She said, “I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame⁶ on the expedition you are undertaking,⁷ for the Lord will turn Sisera over to a woman.”⁸ Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.

Judges 5:28

5:28 Through the window she looked;

Sisera’s mother cried out through the lattice:

‘Why is his chariot so slow to return?

Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses⁹ delayed?’

Judges 11:34

11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out¹⁰ to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines.¹¹ She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Judges 11:36-37

11:36 She said to him, “My father, since¹² you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised.¹³ After all, the Lord vindicated you before¹⁴ your enemies, the Ammonites.” 11:37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish.¹⁵ For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”¹⁶

Judges 13:9

13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer.¹⁷ God’s angelic messenger visited¹⁸ the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 15:2

15:2 Her father said, “I really thought¹⁹ you absolutely despised²⁰ her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!”²¹

Judges 16:15

16:15 She said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you will not share your secret with me?²² Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong.”

Judges 16:20

16:20 She said, “The Philistines are here,²³ Samson!” He woke up²⁴ and thought,²⁵ “I will do as I did before²⁶ and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.

Judges 20:5

20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying.²⁷ They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

¹tn 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).

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

³tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”

⁴map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁵tn Heb “for judgment.”

⁶tn Or “honor.”

⁷tn Heb “on [account of (?)] the way which you are walking.” Another option is to translate, “due to the way you are going about this.” In this case direct reference is made to Barak’s hesitancy as the reason for his loss of glory.

⁸tn Heb “for into the hands of a woman the Lord will sell Sisera.”

⁹tn Heb “chariots.”

¹⁰tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”

¹¹tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

¹²tn The conjunction “since” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹³tn Heb “you opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me according to [what] went out from your mouth.”

¹⁴tn Or “has given you vengeance against.”

¹⁵tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”

¹⁶tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”

¹⁷tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

¹⁸tn Heb “came to.”

¹⁹tn Heb “saying, I said.” The first person form of אָמַר (’amar, “to say”) sometimes indicates self-reflection. The girl’s father uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

²⁰tn Heb “hating, you hated.” Once again the girl’s father uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

²¹tn Heb “Is her younger sister not better than her? Let her [i.e., the younger sister] be yours instead of her [i.e., Samson’s ‘bride’]).”

²²tn Heb “when your heart is not with me.”

²³tn Heb “are upon you.”

²⁴tn The Hebrew adds, “from his sleep.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²⁵tn Heb “and said.”

²⁶tn Heb “I will go out as before.”

²⁷tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”