Judges 3:9

3:9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he ¹  raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued ²  them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. ³ 

Judges 4:3

4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ⁴  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ⁵  and he cruelly ⁶  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

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-horses ⁷  delayed?’

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ⁸  until the party was almost over. ⁹  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ¹⁰  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ¹¹ 

Judges 15:18

15:18 He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, “You have given your servant ¹²  this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?” ¹³ 

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¹ tn Heb “the Lord.”

² tn Or “delivered.”

³ tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel is Caleb’s nephew).

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

⁶ tn Heb “with strength.”

⁷ tn Heb “chariots.”

⁸ tn Heb “on him.”

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

¹² tn Heb “you have placed into the hand of your servant.”

¹³ tn Heb “the uncircumcised,” which in context refers to the Philistines.