Judges 8:1

8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us ¹  when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.

Judges 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ²  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ³  to visit ⁴  us again, so he can teach ⁵  us how we should raise ⁶  the child who will be born.”

Judges 15:10

15:10 The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking ⁷  us?” The Philistines ⁸  said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”

Judges 16:24

16:24 When the people saw him, ⁹  they praised their god, saying, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!” ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “by not summoning us.”

² tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “the man of God.”

⁴ tn Heb “come to.”

⁵ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

⁶ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

⁷ tn Or “come up against.”

⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Most interpret this as a reference to Samson, but this seems premature, since v. 25 suggests he was not yet standing before them. Consequently some prefer to see this statement as displaced and move it to v. 25 (see C. F. Burney, Judges, 387). It seems more likely that the pronoun refers to an image of Dagon.

¹⁰ tn Heb “multiplied our dead.”