Hakim-hakim 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ¹  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ²  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ³ 

Hakim-hakim 5:16

5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, ⁴ 

listening to the shepherds playing their pipes ⁵  for their flocks? ⁶ 

As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

Hakim-hakim 20:32

20:32 Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ⁷  and lure them ⁸  away from the city into the main roads.”

Hakim-hakim 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ⁹  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

Hakim-hakim 20:39

20:39 the Israelites counterattacked. ¹⁰  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ¹¹  they struck down ¹²  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

[3:24]  ¹ tn Heb “his.”

[3:24]  ² tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

[3:24]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Or “whistling.”

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

[20:32]  ⁷ tn Or “run away.”

[20:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “him” (collective singular).

[20:36]  ⁹ tn Heb “gave place to.”

[20:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “turned in the battle.”

[20:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

[20:39]  ¹² tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.