Hakim-hakim 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 8:14

8:14 He captured a young man from Succoth ⁶  and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 20:2

20:2 The leaders ⁸  of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered ⁹  four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ² tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the men of Succoth.”

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”

[20:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.

[20:2]  ⁹ tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.