Hakim-hakim 9:55

9:55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. ¹ 

Hakim-hakim 13:22

13:22 Manoah said to his wife, “We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!” ² 

Hakim-hakim 14:1

Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. ³ 

[9:55]  ¹ tn Heb “each to his own place.”

[13:22]  ² tn Or “seen God.” Some take the Hebrew term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) as the divine name (“God”) here, but this seems unlikely since v. 21 informs us that Manoah realized this was the Lord’s messenger, not God himself. Of course, he may be exaggerating for the sake of emphasis. Another option, the one followed in the translation, understands Manoah to be referring to a lesser deity. The term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim) is sometimes used of an individual deity other than the Lord (see BDB 43 s.v. 2.a). One cannot assume that Manoah was a theologically sophisticated monotheist.

[14:1]  ³ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”