Hakim-hakim 3:14

3:14 The Israelites were subject to ¹  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

Hakim-hakim 3:17

3:17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Hakim-hakim 4:23

4:23 That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

Hakim-hakim 5:3

5:3 Hear, O kings!

Pay attention, O rulers!

I will sing to the Lord! ² 

I will sing ³  to the Lord God of Israel!

Hakim-hakim 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ⁴  and choose a king for themselves. ⁵  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 11:14

11:14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king

Hakim-hakim 11:28

11:28 But the Ammonite king disregarded ⁷  the message sent by Jephthah. ⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 17:6

17:6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 21:25

21:25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ¹⁰ 

[3:14]  ¹ tn Or “the Israelites served Eglon.”

[5:3]  ² tn Heb “I, to the Lord, I, I will sing!” The first singular personal pronoun is used twice, even though a first person finite verbal form is employed.

[5:3]  ³ tn Or “make music.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

[9:8]  ⁶ tn Or “Rule over us!”

[11:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “did not listen to.”

[11:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “Jephthah’s words which he sent to him.”

[17:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

[21:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

[21:25]  sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period.