Hakim-hakim 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ¹  He said, “This nation ²  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ³  by disobeying me. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 4:20

4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

Hakim-hakim 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ⁵  of the land. A unit ⁶  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 13:11

13:11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met ⁸  the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” ⁹  He said, “Yes.” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 14:2

14:2 When he got home, ¹¹  he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. ¹²  Now get her for my wife.”

Hakim-hakim 19:12

19:12 But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. ¹³  We will travel on to Gibeah.”

[2:20]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

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

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.

[9:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

[9:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “head.”

[9:37]  ⁷ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.

[13:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “came to.”

[13:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “the woman.”

[13:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I [am].”

[14:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he went up.”

[14:2]  ¹² tn Heb “I have seen a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[19:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “who are not from the sons of Israel.”