Hakim-hakim 2:1

Confrontation and Repentance at Bokim

2:1 The Lord’s angelic messenger ¹  went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, “I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. ²  I said, ‘I will never break my agreement ³  with you,

Hakim-hakim 9:15

9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose ⁴  me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! ⁵  Otherwise ⁶  may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

Hakim-hakim 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ⁷  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ⁸  They raped ⁹  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

[2:1]  ¹ sn See Exod 14:19; 23:20.

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “the land that I had sworn to your fathers.”

[2:1]  ³ tn Or “covenant” (also in the following verse).

[9:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”

[9:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “in my shade.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “If not.”

[19:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.