Hakim-hakim 8:4

Gideon Tracks Down the Midianite Kings

8:4 Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites. ¹ 

Hakim-hakim 9:34

9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up ²  at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into ³  four units.

[8:4]  ¹ tn Heb “And Gideon arrived at the Jordan, crossing over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted and chasing.” The English past perfect (“had crossed”) is used because this verse flashes back chronologically to an event that preceded the hostile encounter described in vv. 1-3. (Note that 7:25 assumes Gideon had already crossed the Jordan.)

[9:34]  ² tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”

[9:34]  ³ tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.