##  three thousand men of Judah ##

"3,000 men of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## cave in the cliff of Etam ##

See how you translated this in [Judges 15:7](./07.md).

## Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? ##

The Israelites ask this question to accuse Samson of rebelling against the Philistines. AT: "You know that the Philistines are rulers over us but you act like they are not." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## What is this you have done to us? ##

The Israelites ask this question to express that Samson's actions have caused them harm AT: "What you have done has caused us great harm." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

## They did to me, and so I have done to them. ##

AT: "They did evil to me, so I have done evil to them." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])