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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.
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)