Hakim-hakim 8:14

8:14 He captured a young man from Succoth ¹  and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. ² 

Hakim-hakim 9:25

9:25 The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting ³  bandits in ⁴  the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 16:21

16:21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

Hakim-hakim 19:15

19:15 They stopped there and decided to spend the night ⁶  in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night. ⁷ 

[8:14]  ¹ tn Heb “from the men of Succoth.”

[8:14]  ² tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”

[9:25]  ³ tn Heb “set against him bandits.”

[9:25]  sn Putting bandits in the hills. This piracy certainly interrupted or discouraged trade, and probably deprived Abimelech of tariffs or tribute. See C. F. Burney, Judges, 277; G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 253.

[9:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “on the tops of.”

[9:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “It was told to Abimelech.”

[19:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “they turned aside there to enter to spend the night.”

[19:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he entered and sat down, and there was no one receiving them into the house to spend the night.”