1 Samuel 14:11

14:11 When they ¹  made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.”

Mazmur 18:45

18:45 foreigners lose their courage; ² 

they shake with fear ³  as they leave ⁴  their strongholds. ⁵ 

Yeremia 16:16

16:16 But for now I, the Lord, say: ⁶  “I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks. ⁷ 

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the two of them.”

[18:45]  ² tn Heb “wither, wear out.”

[18:45]  ³ tn The meaning of חָרַג (kharag, “shake”) is established on the basis of cognates in Arabic and Aramaic. 2 Sam 22:46 reads חָגַר (khagar), which might mean here, “[they] come limping” (on the basis of a cognate in postbiblical Hebrew). The normal meaning for חָגַר (“gird”) makes little sense here.

[18:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “from.”

[18:45]  ⁵ tn Heb “their prisons.” The besieged cities of the foreigners are compared to prisons.

[16:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.” The Lord has been speaking; the first person has been utilized in translation to avoid a shift which might create confusion.

[16:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “Behold I am about to send for many fishermen and they will catch them. And after that I will send for many hunters and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and from the cracks in the rocks.”

[16:16]  sn The picture of rounding up the population for destruction and exile is also seen in Amos 4:2 and Hab 1:14-17.