Hakim-hakim 1:24

1:24 the spies spotted ¹  a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”

Hakim-hakim 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ²  the Lord did them harm, ³  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ⁴  They suffered greatly. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 3:22

3:22 The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud ⁶  did not pull the sword out of his belly. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ⁸  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ⁹  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 4:18

4:18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, ¹¹  my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera ¹²  stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him.

Hakim-hakim 5:4

5:4 O Lord, when you departed ¹³  from Seir,

when you marched from Edom’s plains,

the earth shook, the heavens poured down,

the clouds poured down rain. ¹⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 5:31

5:31 May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord!

But may those who love you shine

like the rising sun at its brightest!” ¹⁵ 

And the land had rest for forty years.

Hakim-hakim 6:18

6:18 Do not leave this place until I come back ¹⁶  with a gift ¹⁷  and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”

Hakim-hakim 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ¹⁸  squeezed out the juice, ¹⁹  and celebrated. They came to the temple ²⁰  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Hakim-hakim 9:29

9:29 If only these men ²¹  were under my command, ²²  I would get rid of Abimelech!” He challenged Abimelech, ²³  “Muster ²⁴  your army and come out for battle!” ²⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 9:35

9:35 When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

Hakim-hakim 9:43

9:43 he took his men ²⁶  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ²⁷  he attacked and struck them down. ²⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ²⁹  his half-brothers ³⁰  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ³¹ 

Hakim-hakim 16:20

16:20 She said, “The Philistines are here, ³²  Samson!” He woke up ³³  and thought, ³⁴  “I will do as I did before ³⁵  and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.

Hakim-hakim 19:27

19:27 When her master ³⁶  got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold.

Hakim-hakim 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ³⁷  and from the land of Gilead ³⁸  left their homes ³⁹  and assembled together ⁴⁰  before the Lord at Mizpah.

Hakim-hakim 20:20-21

20:20 The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they ⁴¹  arranged their battle lines against Gibeah. 20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ⁴² 

Hakim-hakim 21:24

21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. ⁴³ 

[1:24]  ¹ tn Heb “saw.”

[2:15]  ² tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

[3:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:22]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has “and he went out to the [?].” The meaning of the Hebrew word פַּרְשְׁדֹנָה (parshÿdonah) which occurs only here in the OT, is uncertain. The noun has the article prefixed and directive suffix. The word may be a technical architectural term, indicating the area into which Ehud moved as he left the king and began his escape. In this case Ehud is the subject of the verb “went out.” The present translation omits the clause, understanding it as an ancient variant of the first clause in v. 23. Some take the noun as “back,” understand “sword” (from the preceding clause) as the subject, and translate “the sword came out his [i.e., Eglon’s] back.” But this rendering is unlikely since the Hebrew word for “sword” (חֶרֶב, kherev) is feminine and the verb form translated “came out” (וַיֵּצֵא, vayyetse’) is masculine. (One expects agreement in gender when the subject is supplied from the preceding clause. See Ezek 33:4, 6.) See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 146-48, for discussion of the options.

[3:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “his.”

[3:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

[3:24]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

[4:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).

[4:18]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:4]  ¹³ tn Or “went out.”

[5:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “water.”

[5:31]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”

[6:18]  ¹⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “to you,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and I will bring out my gift.” The precise nuance of the Hebrew word מִנְחָה (minkhah, “gift”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a gift offered as a sign of goodwill or submission. In some cases it is used of a gift offered to appease someone whom the offerer has offended. The word can also carry a sacrificial connotation.

[9:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

[9:27]  ²⁰ tn Heb “house.”

[9:29]  ²¹ tn Heb “people.”

[9:29]  ²² tn Heb “in my hand.”

[9:29]  sn If only these men were under my command. One might assume from v. 26b that the men were already at his disposal, but perhaps that was not one of the terms of the agreement. Another possibility is that v. 26 is a general summary statement, with vv. 27-29 then detailing how the alliance with Gaal came about.

[9:29]  ²³ tn Heb “said to Abimelech.” On the other hand, the preposition ל (lamed) prefixed to the proper name may be vocative (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 178). If so, one could translate, “He boasted, ‘Abimelech…’”

[9:29]  ²⁴ tn Heb “Make numerous.”

[9:29]  ²⁵ tn The words “for battle” are interpretive.

[9:43]  ²⁶ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:43]  ²⁷ tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

[9:43]  ²⁸ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”

[11:3]  ²⁹ tn Or “fled from.”

[11:3]  ³⁰ tn Heb “brothers.”

[11:3]  ³¹ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”

[16:20]  ³² tn Heb “are upon you.”

[16:20]  ³³ tn The Hebrew adds, “from his sleep.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[16:20]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and said.”

[16:20]  ³⁵ tn Heb “I will go out as before.”

[19:27]  ³⁶ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

[20:1]  ³⁷ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

[20:1]  ³⁸ sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

[20:1]  ³⁹ tn Heb “went out.”

[20:1]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

[20:20]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “the men of Israel.” The noun phrase has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:21]  ⁴² tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”

[21:24]  ⁴³ tn Heb “his inheritance.”