Judges 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, 1  the Lord did them harm, 2  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. 3  They suffered greatly. 4 

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, 5  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

1 tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

2 tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

3 tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

4 tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

5 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”