Hakim-hakim 20:23

20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we ¹  again march out to fight ²  the Benjaminites, our brothers?” ³  The Lord said, “Attack them!” ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ⁵  went up to ⁶  Bethel. ⁷  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ⁸  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ⁹  to the Lord.

Hakim-hakim 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel ¹⁰  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ¹¹ 

[20:23]  ¹ tn Heb “I” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ² tn Heb “approach for battle.”

[20:23]  ³ tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “Go up against him” (collective singular).

[20:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ⁸ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ⁹ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[21:2]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[21:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.