Discovery BoxJudges 10:1 
Context10:1 After Abimelech’s death, 1 Tola son of Puah, grandson 2 of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, 3 rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
Judges 11:39
Context11:39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. 4 Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. 5
Judges 16:30
Context16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard 6 and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. 7
1 tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Heb “son.”
3 tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”
4 tn Heb “She had never known a man.” Some understand this to mean that her father committed her to a life of celibacy, but the disjunctive clause (note the vav + subject + verb pattern) more likely describes her condition at the time the vow was fulfilled. (See G. F. Moore, Judges [ICC], 302-3; C. F. Burney, Judges, 324.) She died a virgin and never experienced the joys of marriage and motherhood.
5 tn Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”
6 tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”
7 tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”
