Discovery BoxJudges 2:10 
Context2:10 That entire generation passed away; 1 a new generation grew up 2 that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. 3
Judges 10:16
Context10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned 4 and worshiped 5 the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. 6
Judges 13:24
Context13:24 Manoah’s wife 7 gave birth to a son and named him Samson. 8 The child grew and the Lord empowered 9 him.
1 tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”
2 tn Heb “arose after them.”
3 tn Heb “that did not know the
4 tn Heb “from their midst.”
5 tn Or “served”; or “followed.”
6 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”).
7 tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”
8 tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”
9 tn Traditionally, “blessed.”
