Judges 10:14

10:14 Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!” ¹ 

Judges 11:12

Jephthah Gives a History Lesson

11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have ²  you come against me to attack my land?”

Judges 16:1

Samson’s Downfall

16:1 Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her. ³ 

Judges 17:13

17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ⁴  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 18:23

18:23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites ⁵  turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”

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¹ tn Heb “in your time of trouble.”

² tn Heb “What to me and to you that…?”

³ tn Heb “and he went in to her.” The idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations.

⁴ tn Heb “do good for me.”

⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.