Discovery BoxJudges 10:16 
Context10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned 1 and worshiped 2 the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. 3
Judges 14:4
Context14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, 4 because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines 5 (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
1 tn Heb “from their midst.”
2 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
3 tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).
4 tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”
5 tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”
