Hakim-hakim 6:24

6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” ¹  To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Hakim-hakim 7:16

7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. ²  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 9:43

9:43 he took his men ⁴  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ⁵  he attacked and struck them down. ⁶ 

[6:24]  ¹ tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “heads.”

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:16]  sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.

[9:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

[9:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”