Hakim-hakim 1:30

1:30 The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. ¹  The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

Hakim-hakim 4:3

4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ²  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ³  and he cruelly ⁴  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Hakim-hakim 6:34

6:34 The Lord’s spirit took control of ⁵  Gideon. He blew a trumpet, ⁶  summoning the Abiezrites to follow him. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 10:16

10:16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned ⁸  and worshiped ⁹  the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 12:7

12:7 Jephthah led ¹¹  Israel for six years; then he ¹²  died and was buried in his city in Gilead. ¹³ 

Hakim-hakim 16:10

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ¹⁴  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

Hakim-hakim 19:26

19:26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master ¹⁵  was staying until it became light. ¹⁶ 

[1:30]  ¹ tn Heb “the people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ³ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “with strength.”

[6:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “clothed.”

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

[6:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “Abiezer was summoned after him.”

[10:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “from their midst.”

[10:16]  ⁹ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[10:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And his spirit grew short [i.e., impatient] with the suffering of Israel.” The Hebrew noun נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) also appears as the subject of the verb קָצַר (qatsar) in Num 21:4 (the Israelites grow impatient wandering in the wilderness), Judg 16:16 (Samson grows impatient with Delilah’s constant nagging), and Zech 11:8 (Zechariah grows impatient with the three negligent “shepherds”).

[12:7]  ¹¹ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[12:7]  ¹² tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:7]  ¹³ tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.

[16:10]  ¹⁴ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.

[19:26]  ¹⁵ tn The Hebrew term here translated “master,” is plural. The plural indicates degree here and emphasizes the Levite’s absolute sovereignty over the woman.

[19:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “The woman came at the turning of the morning and fell at the door of the house of the man where her master was until the light.”