Discovery BoxJudges 16:9 
Context16:9 They hid 1 in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here, 2 Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. 3 The secret of his strength was not discovered. 4
Judges 16:12
Context16:12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, “The Philistines are here, 5 Samson!” (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) 6 But he tore the ropes 7 from his arms as if they were a piece of thread.
1 tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (vÿha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).
2 tn Heb “are upon you.”
3 tn Heb “when it smells fire.”
4 tn Heb “His strength was not known.”
5 tn Heb “are upon you.”
6 tn Heb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting in the bedroom.”
7 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the ropes) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
