Discovery Box1 Samuel 12:9-10 
Context12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave 1 them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s 2 army, 3 and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 4 ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. 5 Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ 6
1 tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”
2 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
3 tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”
4 tn Heb “and said.”
5 tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity.
sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.
6 tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
