Hakim-hakim 7:2

7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. ¹  Israel might brag, ²  ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’ ³ 

Hakim-hakim 12:1

Civil Strife Mars the Victory

12:1 The Ephraimites assembled ⁴  and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight ⁵  with the Ammonites without asking ⁶  us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!” ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, ⁸  she sent for ⁹  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me ¹⁰  his secret.” ¹¹  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

Hakim-hakim 21:5

21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. ¹² 

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “cross over to fight.”

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Or “calling”; or “summoning.”

[12:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “Your house we will burn over you with fire.”

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

[16:18]  ¹⁰ tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

[16:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[21:5]  ¹² tn Heb “A great oath there was concerning the one who did not go up before the Lord at Mizpah, saying, ‘He must surely be put to death.’”