Hakim-hakim 6:13

6:13 Gideon said to him, “Pardon me, ¹  but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster ²  overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, ³  ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

Hakim-hakim 6:2

6:2 The Midianites ⁴  overwhelmed Israel. ⁵  Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters ⁶  for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds.

1 Tawarikh 15:2

15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

[6:13]  ¹ tn Heb “But my lord.”

[6:13]  ² tn Heb “all this.”

[6:13]  ³ tn Heb “saying.”

[6:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “the hand of Midian.”

[6:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “The hand of Midian was strong against Israel.”

[6:2]  ⁶ tn Or possibly “secret storage places.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the Hebrew Bible.