Hakim-hakim 6:34

6:34 The Lord’s spirit took control of ¹  Gideon. He blew a trumpet, ²  summoning the Abiezrites to follow him. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 11:29

A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter

11:29 The Lord’s spirit empowered ⁴  Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went ⁵  to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 13:25

13:25 The Lord’s spirit began to control him ⁷  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Hakim-hakim 14:6

14:6 The Lord’s spirit empowered ⁸  him and he tore the lion ⁹  in two with his bare hands ¹⁰  as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

Hakim-hakim 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ¹¹  and gave them ¹²  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹³ 

[6:34]  ¹ tn Heb “clothed.”

[6:34]  ² tn That is, “mustered an army.”

[6:34]  ³ tn Heb “Abiezer was summoned after him.”

[11:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “was on.”

[11:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “passed through.”

[11:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “From Mizpah in Gilead he passed through [to] the Ammonites.”

[13:25]  ⁷ tn Or “move him to action”; or “stir him.”

[14:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[14:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “him” or “it”; the referent (the lion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and there was nothing in his hand.”

[14:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ¹² tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”