Hakim-hakim 4:7
Konteks4:7 I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. 1 I will hand him over to you.”
Hakim-hakim 5:23
Konteks5:23 ‘Call judgment down on 2 Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic 3 messenger;
‘Be sure 4 to call judgment down on 5 those who live there,
because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, 6
to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ 7
Hakim-hakim 8:1
Konteks8:1 The Ephraimites said to him, “Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us 8 when you went to fight the Midianites!” They argued vehemently with him.
Hakim-hakim 8:14
Konteks8:14 He captured a young man from Succoth 9 and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. 10
Hakim-hakim 9:4
Konteks9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous 11 men as his followers. 12
Hakim-hakim 9:25
Konteks9:25 The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting 13 bandits in 14 the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. 15
Hakim-hakim 11:8
Konteks11:8 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true, 16 but now we pledge to you our loyalty. 17 Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader 18 of all who live in Gilead.” 19
Hakim-hakim 11:19
Konteks11:19 Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, “Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.” 20
Hakim-hakim 20:32
Konteks20:32 Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat 21 and lure them 22 away from the city into the main roads.”
Hakim-hakim 21:14
Konteks21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites 23 gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. 24
[4:7] 1 tn Heb “horde”; “multitude.”
[5:23] 2 tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”
[5:23] 3 tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.
[5:23] 4 tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.
[5:23] 6 tn Heb “to the help of the
[5:23] 7 tn Or “along with the other warriors.”
[8:1] 8 tn Heb “by not summoning us.”
[8:14] 9 tn Heb “from the men of Succoth.”
[8:14] 10 tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”
[9:4] 11 tn Heb “empty and reckless.”
[9:4] 12 tn Heb “and they followed him.”
[9:25] 13 tn Heb “set against him bandits.”
[9:25] sn Putting bandits in the hills. This piracy certainly interrupted or discouraged trade, and probably deprived Abimelech of tariffs or tribute. See C. F. Burney, Judges, 277; G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 253.
[9:25] 14 tn Heb “on the tops of.”
[9:25] 15 tn Heb “It was told to Abimelech.”
[11:8] 16 tn Heb “therefore”; “even so.” For MT לָכֵן (lakhen, “therefore”) the LXX has an opposite reading, “not so,” which seems to be based on the Hebrew words לֹא כֵן (lo’ khen).
[11:8] 17 tn Heb “we have returned to you.” For another example of שׁוּב אֶל (shuv ’el) in the sense of “give allegiance to,” see 1 Kgs 12:27b.
[11:8] 18 sn Then you will become the leader. The leaders of Gilead now use the word רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head, leader”), the same term that appeared in their original, general offer (see 10:18). In their initial offer to Jephthah they had simply invited him to be their קָצִין (qatsin, “commander”; v. 6). When he resists they must offer him a more attractive reward – rulership over the region. See R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 198.
[11:8] 19 tn Heb “leader of us and all who live in Gilead.”
[11:19] 20 tn Heb “to my place.”
[20:32] 22 tn Heb “him” (collective singular).
[21:14] 23 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
