Hakim-hakim 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel ¹  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ² 

Hakim-hakim 21:15

21:15 The people regretted what had happened to ³  Benjamin because the Lord had weakened ⁴  the Israelite tribes.

Hakim-hakim 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ⁵  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 11:40

11:40 Every year ⁷  Israelite women commemorate ⁸  the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days. ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 21:6

21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to ¹⁰  their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire ¹¹  tribe from Israel!

Hakim-hakim 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ¹²  the Lord did them harm, ¹³  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ¹⁴  They suffered greatly. ¹⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 11:35

11:35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, “Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! ¹⁶  You have brought me disaster! ¹⁷  I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it.” ¹⁸ 

[21:2]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[21:2]  ² tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.

[21:15]  ³ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “had made a gaping hole in.” The narrator uses imagery that compares Israel to a wall that has been breached.

[11:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “he sent her.”

[11:38]  ⁶ tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

[11:40]  ⁷ tn Heb “From days to days,” a Hebrew idiom for “annually.”

[11:40]  ⁸ tn Heb “go to commemorate.” The rare Hebrew verb תָּנָה (tanah, “to tell; to repeat; to recount”) occurs only here and in 5:11.

[11:40]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in the year.” This is redundant (note “every year” at the beginning of the verse) and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “cut off one.”

[2:15]  ¹² tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

[2:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

[2:15]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

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

[11:35]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “you have brought me very low,” or “you have knocked me to my knees.” The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[11:35]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “You are among [or “like”] those who trouble me.”

[11:35]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “I opened my mouth to the Lord and I am not able to return.”