Hakim-hakim 11:20

11:20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He ¹  assembled his whole army, ²  camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Hakim-hakim 11:39

11:39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. ³  Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 14:2

14:2 When he got home, ⁵  he told his father and mother, “A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. ⁶  Now get her for my wife.”

Hakim-hakim 17:9

17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.” ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 21:1

600 Brides for 600 Brothers

21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

[11:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Sihon.” The proper name (“Sihon”) has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) because of English style; a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant in English.

[11:20]  ² tn Heb “all his people” (also in the following verse).

[11:39]  ³ tn Heb “She had never known a man.” Some understand this to mean that her father committed her to a life of celibacy, but the disjunctive clause (note the vav + subject + verb pattern) more likely describes her condition at the time the vow was fulfilled. (See G. F. Moore, Judges [ICC], 302-3; C. F. Burney, Judges, 324.) She died a virgin and never experienced the joys of marriage and motherhood.

[11:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”

[14:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he went up.”

[14:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “I have seen a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”