Hakim-hakim 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men ¹  down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.” ² 

Hakim-hakim 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ³  was far from Sidon ⁴  and they had no dealings with anyone. ⁵  The city ⁶  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ⁷  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

Hakim-hakim 19:3

19:3 her husband came ⁸  after her, hoping he could convince her to return. ⁹  He brought with him his servant ¹⁰  and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly. ¹¹ 

Hakim-hakim 20:48

20:48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns ¹²  and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, ¹³  the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “the people.”

² tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

³ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

⁴ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

⁵ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

⁶ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

⁷ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “arose and came.”

⁹ tn Heb “to speak to her heart to bring her back.”

¹⁰ tn Or “young man.”

¹¹ tn Heb “he was happy to meet him.”

¹² tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”

¹³ tc The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (me’ir mÿtim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (me’ir mÿtom, “from a city of soundness”) found in the Leningrad Codex (L).

¹⁴ tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”