Hakim-hakim 3:7

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3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ² 

Hakim-hakim 10:13

10:13 But since you abandoned me and worshiped ³  other gods, I will not deliver you again.

Hakim-hakim 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ⁴  and worshiped ⁵  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 15:3

15:3 Samson said to them, ⁷  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ⁸ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[3:7]  ² sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

[10:13]  ³ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “from their midst.”

[10:16]  ⁵ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).

[15:3]  ⁷ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the singular “to him.”

[15:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “I am innocent this time from the Philistines when I do with them harm.”