Hakim-hakim 12:3

12:3 When I saw that you were not going to help, ¹  I risked my life ²  and advanced against ³  the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up ⁴  to fight with me today?”

Hakim-hakim 12:1

Civil Strife Mars the Victory

12:1 The Ephraimites assembled ⁵  and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight ⁶  with the Ammonites without asking ⁷  us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!” ⁸ 

1 Samuel 19:5

19:5 He risked his life ⁹  when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”

¹ tn Heb “you were no deliverer.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX has “no one was helping.”

² tn Heb “I put my life in my hand.”

³ tn Heb “crossed over to.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew adds “against me” here. This is redundant in English and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

⁶ tn Heb “cross over to fight.”

⁷ tn Or “calling”; or “summoning.”

⁸ tn Heb “Your house we will burn over you with fire.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he put his life into his hand.”