Hakim-hakim 3:8

3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹  and turned them over to ²  King Cushan-Rishathaim ³  of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects ⁴  for eight years.

Hakim-hakim 3:21

3:21 Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon’s ⁵  belly.

Hakim-hakim 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ⁶  and devoured ⁷  its crops ⁸  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁹  and they took away ¹⁰  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

Hakim-hakim 6:30

6:30 The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so we can execute him! ¹¹  He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

Hakim-hakim 9:6

9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar ¹²  in Shechem.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

[3:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Eglon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[6:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “destroyed.”

[6:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

[6:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

[6:4]  ¹⁰ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and let him die.” The jussive form with vav after the imperative is best translated as a purpose clause.

[9:6]  ¹² tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).