Hakim-hakim 19:10

19:10 But the man did not want to stay another night. He left ¹  and traveled as far as ²  Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). ³  He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 9:54

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ⁵  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ⁶  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

Hakim-hakim 7:4

7:4 The Lord spoke to Gideon again, “There are still too many men. ⁷  Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. ⁸  When I say, ‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; ⁹  when I say, ¹⁰  ‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.” ¹¹ 

Hakim-hakim 20:19

20:19 The Israelites got up the next morning and moved ¹²  against Gibeah.

Hakim-hakim 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ¹³  and devoured ¹⁴  its crops ¹⁵  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ¹⁶  and they took away ¹⁷  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

Hakim-hakim 20:3

20:3 The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

Hakim-hakim 9:42

9:42 The next day the Shechemites ¹⁸  came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it, ¹⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 9:46

9:46 When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem ²⁰  heard the news, they went to the stronghold ²¹  of the temple of El-Berith. ²² 

Hakim-hakim 9:57

9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ²³  on them.

Hakim-hakim 18:4

18:4 He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, ²⁴  “He hired me and I became his priest.”

Hakim-hakim 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ²⁵  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ²⁶  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Hakim-hakim 16:3

16:3 Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. ²⁷  He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. ²⁸  He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron. ²⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 6:22

6:22 When Gideon realized ³⁰  that it was the Lord’s messenger, he ³¹  said, “Oh no! ³²  Master, Lord! ³³  I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”

Hakim-hakim 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ³⁴  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ³⁵  The Midianites ³⁶  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Hakim-hakim 7:15

Gideon Routs the Enemy

7:15 When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. ³⁷  Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”

Hakim-hakim 8:14

8:14 He captured a young man from Succoth ³⁸  and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. ³⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 13:8

13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, ⁴⁰  “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God ⁴¹  to visit ⁴²  us again, so he can teach ⁴³  us how we should raise ⁴⁴  the child who will be born.”

Hakim-hakim 6:13

6:13 Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, ⁴⁵  but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster ⁴⁶  overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ⁴⁷  ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

[19:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and he arose and went.”

[19:10]  ² tn Heb “to the front of.”

[19:10]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:10]  ⁴ tc Some ancient witnesses add “and his servant.”

[9:54]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:54]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “too many people.”

[7:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “test them for you there.”

[7:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “he should go with you.”

[7:4]  ¹⁰ tn Heb also has “to you.”

[7:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he should not go.”

[20:19]  ¹² tn Heb “encamped.”

[6:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “They encamped against them.”

[6:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “destroyed.”

[6:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

[6:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

[6:4]  ¹⁷ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:42]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the people”; the referent (the Shechemites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:42]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “And they told Abimelech.”

[9:46]  ²⁰ sn Perhaps the Tower of Shechem was a nearby town, distinct from Shechem proper, or a tower within the city.

[9:46]  ²¹ tn Apparently this rare word refers here to the most inaccessible area of the temple, perhaps the inner sanctuary or an underground chamber. It appears only here and in 1 Sam 13:6, where it is paired with “cisterns” and refers to subterranean or cave-like hiding places.

[9:46]  ²² sn The name El-Berith means “God of the Covenant.” It is probably a reference to the Canaanite high god El.

[9:57]  ²³ tn Heb “came.”

[18:4]  ²⁴ tn Heb “He said to them, ‘Such and such Micah has done for me.’” Though the statement is introduced and presented, at least in part, as a direct quotation (note especially “for me”), the phrase “such and such” appears to be the narrator’s condensed version of what the Levite really said.

[9:7]  ²⁵ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[9:7]  ²⁶ tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

[16:3]  ²⁷ tn Heb “And Samson lay until the middle of the night and arose in the middle of the night.”

[16:3]  ²⁸ tn Heb “with the bar.”

[16:3]  ²⁹ tn Heb “which is upon the face of Hebron.”

[6:22]  ³⁰ tn Heb “saw.”

[6:22]  ³¹ tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:22]  ³² tn Or “Ah!”

[6:22]  ³³ tn The Hebrew text reads אֲדֹנַי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih, “Lord [the same title used in v. 15], Lord”).

[7:1]  ³⁴ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ³⁵ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ³⁶ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:15]  ³⁷ tn Heb “he bowed down” or “worshiped.”

[8:14]  ³⁸ tn Heb “from the men of Succoth.”

[8:14]  ³⁹ tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”

[13:8]  ⁴⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:8]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “the man of God.”

[13:8]  ⁴² tn Heb “come to.”

[13:8]  ⁴³ tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).

[13:8]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “what we should do for.”

[6:13]  ⁴⁵ tn Heb “But my lord.”

[6:13]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “all this.”

[6:13]  ⁴⁷ tn Heb “saying.”