Hakim-hakim 1:22

Partial Success

1:22 When the men ¹  of Joseph attacked ²  Bethel, ³  the Lord was with them.

Hakim-hakim 1:25

1:25 He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.

Hakim-hakim 1:27

1:27 The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo ⁴  or their surrounding towns. ⁵  The Canaanites managed ⁶  to remain in those areas. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 1:34

1:34 The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in ⁸  the coastal plain.

Hakim-hakim 6:15

6:15 Gideon ⁹  said to him, “But Lord, ¹⁰  how ¹¹  can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.” ¹² 

Hakim-hakim 6:35

6:35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. ¹³  He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him.

Hakim-hakim 7:23

7:23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites. ¹⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 11:29

A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter

11:29 The Lord’s spirit empowered ¹⁵  Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went ¹⁶  to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. ¹⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 12:4

12:4 Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, ¹⁸  “You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s territory.” ¹⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 18:30

18:30 The Danites worshiped ²⁰  the carved image. Jonathan, descendant ²¹  of Gershom, son of Moses, ²²  and his descendants ²³  served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

[1:22]  ¹ tn Heb “house.” This is a metonymy for the warriors from the tribe.

[1:22]  ² tn Heb “went up.”

[1:22]  ³ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[1:27]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[1:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, the people living in Dor and its surrounding towns, the people living in Ibleam and its surrounding towns, or the people living in Megiddo and its surrounding towns.”

[1:27]  ⁶ tn Or “were determined.”

[1:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “in this land.”

[1:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “come down into.”

[6:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:15]  ¹⁰ tn Note the switch to אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”). Gideon seems aware that he is speaking to someone other than, and superior to, the messenger, whom he addressed as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”) in v. 13.

[6:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with what.”

[6:15]  ¹² tn Heb “in my father’s house.”

[6:35]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he also was summoned after him.”

[7:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Midian.”

[11:29]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “was on.”

[11:29]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “passed through.”

[11:29]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “From Mizpah in Gilead he passed through [to] the Ammonites.”

[12:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “because they said.”

[12:4]  ¹⁹ tc Heb “Refugees of Ephraim are you, O Gilead, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.” The LXX omits the entire second half of the verse (beginning with “because”). The words כִּי אָמְרוּ פְּלִיטֵי אֶפְרַיִם (ki ’amru pÿlitey ’efrayim, “because they said, ‘Refugees of Ephraim’”) may have been accidentally copied from the next verse (cf. כִּי יֹאמְרוּ פְּלִיטֵי אֶפְרַיִם, ki yo’mÿru pelitey ’efrayim) and the following words (“you, O Gilead…Manasseh”) then added in an attempt to make sense of the verse. See G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 307-8, and C. F. Burney, Judges, 327. If the Hebrew text is retained, then the Ephraimites appear to be insulting the Gileadites by describing them as refugees who are squatting on Ephraim’s and Manasseh’s land. The present translation assumes that “Ephraim” is a genitive of location after “refugees.”

[18:30]  ²⁰ tn Heb “erected for themselves.”

[18:30]  ²¹ tn Heb “son.”

[18:30]  ²² tc Several ancient textual witnesses, including some LXX mss and the Vulgate, support the reading “Moses” (מֹשֶׁה, mosheh) here. Many Hebrew mss have a nun (נ) suspended above the name between the first two letters (מנשׁה), suggesting the name Manasseh (מְנַשֶּׁה, mÿnasheh). This is probably a scribal attempt to protect Moses’ reputation. For discussion, see G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 401-2.

[18:30]  ²³ tn Heb “sons.”