Hakim-hakim 6:33

Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation

6:33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east ¹  assembled. They crossed the Jordan River ²  and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Hakim-hakim 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ³  supported ⁴  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ⁵ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁶  heart searching. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 7:12

7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. ⁸  Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Hakim-hakim 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ⁹  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ¹⁰  The Midianites ¹¹  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Hakim-hakim 7:8

7:8 The men ¹²  who were chosen ¹³  took supplies ¹⁴  and their trumpets. Gideon ¹⁵  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ¹⁶  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ¹⁷  were camped down below ¹⁸  in the valley.

Hakim-hakim 18:28

18:28 No one came to the rescue because the city ¹⁹  was far from Sidon ²⁰  and they had no dealings with anyone. ²¹  The city ²²  was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites ²³  rebuilt the city and occupied it.

[6:33]  ¹ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east.”

[6:33]  ² tn The words “the Jordan River” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁷ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

[7:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”

[7:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ¹⁰ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:8]  ¹² tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ¹³ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:8]  ¹⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

[18:28]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

[18:28]  ²⁰ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[18:28]  ²¹ tn Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.”

[18:28]  ²² tn Heb “it.” The Hebrew pronoun is feminine singular here, referring to the “city” (a grammatically feminine singular noun) mentioned in v. 27.

[18:28]  ²³ tn Heb “They”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.