Hakim-hakim 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ¹  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ² 

Hakim-hakim 2:7-8

2:7 The people worshiped ³  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men ⁴  who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed ⁵  all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. ⁶  2:8 Joshua son of Nun, the Lord’s servant, died at the age of one hundred ten.

[1:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

[1:1]  ² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

[2:7]  ³ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”