Hakim-hakim 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ¹  the Lord did them harm, ²  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ³  They suffered greatly. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 12:2

12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. ⁵  I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 12:14

12:14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years.

Hakim-hakim 18:25

18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men ⁷  will attack you, and you and your family will die.” ⁸ 

[2:15]  ¹ tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

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

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

[12:2]  ⁵ tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”

[12:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “hand.”

[18:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.

[18:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”