Judges 11:17
11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us 1 to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. 2 Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. 3 So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
Judges 16:18
16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, 4 she sent for 5 the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me 6 his secret.” 7 So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.
1 tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)
2 tn Heb “did not listen.”
3 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”
4 tn Heb “all his heart.”
5 tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”
6 tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).
7 tn Heb “all his heart.”