Hakim-hakim 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ¹  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ² 

Hakim-hakim 2:10

2:10 That entire generation passed away; ³  a new generation grew up ⁴  that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ⁶  He said, “This nation ⁷  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ⁸  by disobeying me. ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 2:23

2:23 This is why ¹⁰  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ¹¹  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Hakim-hakim 4:2

4:2 The Lord turned them over to ¹²  King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. ¹³  The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. ¹⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 6:24

6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” ¹⁵  To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Hakim-hakim 10:10

10:10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped ¹⁶  the Baals.”

Hakim-hakim 11:21

11:21 The Lord God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took ¹⁷  all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land.

Hakim-hakim 14:4

14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, ¹⁸  because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines ¹⁹  (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

Hakim-hakim 20:22

20:22 The Israelite army ²⁰  took heart ²¹  and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

[1:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

[1:1]  ² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

[2:10]  ³ tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose after them.”

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

[2:20]  ⁶ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “Because this nation.”

[2:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

[2:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.

[2:23]  ¹⁰ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

[2:23]  ¹¹ tn Or “quickly.”

[4:2]  ¹² tn Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”

[4:2]  ¹³ tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[4:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”

[6:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”

[10:10]  ¹⁶ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[11:21]  ¹⁷ tn That is, took as its own possession.

[14:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”

[14:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”

[20:22]  ²⁰ tn Heb “The people, the men of Israel.”

[20:22]  ²¹ tn Or “encouraged one another.”