Discovery BoxJudges 3:25 
Context3:25 They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. 1 Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor! 2
Judges 14:18
Context14:18 On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him,
“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”
He said to them,
“If you had not plowed with my heifer, 3
you would not have solved my riddle!”
Judges 20:31
Context20:31 The Benjaminites attacked 4 the army, leaving the city unguarded. 5 They began to strike down their enemy 6 just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, 7 the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down 8 about thirty Israelites.
1 tn The words “the doors” are supplied.
2 tn Heb “See, their master, fallen to the ground, dead.”
3 sn Plowed with my heifer. This statement emphasizes that the Philistines had utilized a source of information which should have been off-limits to them. Heifers were used in plowing (Hos 10:11), but one typically used one’s own farm animals, not another man’s.
4 tn Heb “went out to meet.”
5 tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”
6 tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”
7 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
8 tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
