Hakim-hakim 1:14

1:14 One time Acsah ¹  came and charmed her father ²  so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

Hakim-hakim 2:2

2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ ³  But you have disobeyed me. ⁴  Why would you do such a thing? ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 8:14

8:14 He captured a young man from Succoth ⁶  and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth’s officials and city leaders – seventy-seven men in all. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 9:4

9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous ⁸  men as his followers. ⁹ 

[1:14]  ¹ tn Heb “she”; the referent (Acsah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:14]  ² tn Heb “him.” The pronoun could refer to Othniel, in which case one would translate, “she incited him [Othniel] to ask her father for a field.” This is problematic, however, for Acsah, not Othniel, makes the request in v. 15. The LXX has “he [Othniel] urged her to ask her father for a field.” This appears to be an attempt to reconcile the apparent inconsistency and probably does not reflect the original text. If Caleb is understood as the referent of the pronoun, the problem disappears. For a fuller discussion of the issue, see P. G. Mosca, “Who Seduced Whom? A Note on Joshua 15:18 // Judges 1:14,” CBQ 46 (1984): 18-22. The translation takes Caleb to be the referent, specified as “her father.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “their altars.”

[2:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “What is this you have done?”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the men of Succoth.”

[8:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “wrote down for him the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men.”

[9:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “empty and reckless.”

[9:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they followed him.”