Hakim-hakim 11:23

11:23 Since ¹  the Lord God of Israel has driven out ²  the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? ³ 

Hakim-hakim 14:4

14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, ⁴  because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines ⁵  (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

Hakim-hakim 20:39

20:39 the Israelites counterattacked. ⁶  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ⁷  they struck down ⁸  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

Hakim-hakim 21:7

21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? ⁹  After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

[11:23]  ¹ tn Heb “Now.”

[11:23]  ² tn Or “dispossessed.”

[11:23]  ³ tn Heb “will you dispossess him [i.e., Israel; or possibly “it,” i.e., the territory]?” There is no interrogative marker in the Hebrew text.

[14:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”

[14:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”

[20:39]  ⁶ tn Heb “turned in the battle.”

[20:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

[20:39]  ⁸ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[21:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”