Judges 7:4

7:4 The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. 1  Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. 2  When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; 3  when I say, 4  ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.” 5 

Judges 10:6

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. 6  They worshiped 7  the Baals and the Ashtars, 8  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, 9  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. 10  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship 11  him.

Judges 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, 12  she sent for 13  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me 14  his secret.” 15  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

1 tn Heb “too many people.”

2 tn Heb “test them for you there.”

3 tn Heb “he should go with you.”

4 tn Heb also has “to you.”

5 tn Heb “he should not go.”

6 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

7 tn Or “served;” or “followed.”

8 sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

9 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

10 tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”

11 tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”

12 tn Heb “all his heart.”

13 tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

14 tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

15 tn Heb “all his heart.”