Judges 2:12

2:12 They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods – the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the Lord angry.

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.

tn Or “fathers.”

tn Or “bowed before” (the same expression occurs in the following verse).

tn Heb “on him.”

tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

tn Heb “because she forced him.”

tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”