Hakim-hakim 5:16

5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, ¹ 

listening to the shepherds playing their pipes ²  for their flocks? ³ 

As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

Hakim-hakim 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ⁴  and devoured ⁵  its crops ⁶  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁷  and they took away ⁸  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! ⁹  He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.”

Hakim-hakim 7:17

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ¹⁰  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Hakim-hakim 10:1

Stability Restored

10:1 After Abimelech’s death, ¹¹  Tola son of Puah, grandson ¹²  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ¹³  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

Hakim-hakim 11:33

11:33 He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith – twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! ¹⁴  The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites. ¹⁵ 

[5:16]  ¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

[5:16]  ² tn Or “whistling.”

[5:16]  ³ tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

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

[6:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “destroyed.”

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

[6:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

[6:4]  ⁸ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[6:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “and let him die.” The jussive form with vav after the imperative is best translated as a purpose clause.

[7:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “look.”

[10:1]  ¹¹ tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:1]  ¹² tn Heb “son.”

[10:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”

[11:33]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “with a very great slaughter.”

[11:33]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “The Ammonites were humbled before the Israelites.”