Hakim-hakim 20:16

20:16 Among this army ¹  were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. ²  Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 20:33

20:33 ⁴  All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.

Hakim-hakim 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ⁵  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ⁶ 

[20:16]  ¹ tn Heb “And from all this people.”

[20:16]  ² tn Heb “seven hundred choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.

[20:16]  ³ tn “at a single hair and not miss.”

[20:33]  ⁴ sn Verses 33-36a give a condensed account of the battle from this point on, while vv. 36b-48 offer a more detailed version of how the ambush contributed to Gibeah’s defeat.

[21:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”