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 3:1

3:1 These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel – he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 9:49

9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches ⁵  against the stronghold and set fire to it. ⁶  All the people ⁷  of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

Hakim-hakim 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ⁸  tower ⁹  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Hakim-hakim 16:2

16:2 The Gazites were told, ¹⁰  “Samson has come here!” So they surrounded the town ¹¹  and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. ¹²  They relaxed ¹³  all night, thinking, ¹⁴  “He will not leave ¹⁵  until morning comes; ¹⁶  then we will kill him!”

Hakim-hakim 18:9

18:9 They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, ¹⁷  for ¹⁸  we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, ¹⁹  but don’t hesitate ²⁰  to invade and conquer ²¹  the land.

Hakim-hakim 19:18

19:18 The Levite ²²  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ²³  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ²⁴  But no one has invited me into their home.

[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).

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “did not know the wars of Canaan.”

[9:49]  ⁵ tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:49]  ⁶ tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

[9:49]  ⁷ tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.

[9:51]  ⁸ tn Or “strong.”

[9:51]  ⁹ tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

[16:2]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “To the Gazites, saying.” A verb is missing from the MT; some ancient Greek witnesses add “it was reported.”

[16:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “And they surrounded.” The rest of the verse suggests that “the town” is the object, not “the house.” Though the Gazites knew Samson was in the town, apparently they did not know exactly where he had gone. Otherwise, they would could have just gone into or surrounded the house and would not have needed to post guards at the city gate.

[16:2]  ¹² tn Heb “and they lay in wait for him all night in the city gate.”

[16:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “were silent.”

[16:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “saying.”

[16:2]  ¹⁵ tn The words “He will not leave” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[16:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[18:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Arise, and let us go up against them.”

[18:9]  ¹⁸ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX adds “we entered and walked around in the land as far as Laish and.”

[18:9]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “But you are inactive.”

[18:9]  ²⁰ tn Or “be lazy.”

[18:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “to go”; “to enter”; “to possess.”

[19:18]  ²² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ²³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ²⁴ tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”