Discovery BoxJudges 9:48 
Context9:48 He and all his men 1 went up on Mount Zalmon. He 2 took an ax 3 in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it 4 on his shoulder and said to his men, “Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!” 5
Judges 14:16
Context14:16 So Samson’s bride cried on his shoulder 6 and said, “You must 7 hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men 8 a riddle, but you have not told me the solution.” He said to her, “Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?” 9
1 tn Heb “his people.”
2 tn Heb “Abimelech.” The proper name has been replaced with the pronoun (“he”) due to considerations of English style.
3 tn The Hebrew text has the plural here.
4 tn Heb “he lifted it and put [it].”
5 tn Heb “What you have seen me do, quickly do like me.”
6 tn Heb “on him.”
7 tn Heb “only”; or “simply.”
8 tn Heb “the sons of my people.”
9 tn Heb “Should I tell you?”
