Hakim-hakim 1:18

1:18 The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities. ¹ 

Hakim-hakim 2:11

A Monotonous Cycle

2:11 The Israelites did evil before ²  the Lord by worshiping ³  the Baals.

Hakim-hakim 2:14

2:14 The Lord was furious with Israel ⁴  and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. ⁵  He turned them over to ⁶  their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies’ attacks. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ⁸  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ⁹  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 4:15

4:15 The Lord routed ¹¹  Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. ¹²  Sisera jumped out of ¹³  his chariot and ran away on foot.

Hakim-hakim 7:21

7:21 They stood in order ¹⁴  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ¹⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 8:8

8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ¹⁶  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ¹⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 9:13

9:13 But the grapevine said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’ ¹⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ¹⁹  of the land. A unit ²⁰  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ²¹ 

Hakim-hakim 15:4

15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals ²²  and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. ²³ 

Hakim-hakim 16:19

16:19 She made him go to sleep on her lap ²⁴  and then called a man in to shave off ²⁵  the seven braids of his hair. ²⁶  She made him vulnerable ²⁷  and his strength left him.

Hakim-hakim 16:29

16:29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple ²⁸  and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.

Hakim-hakim 19:29

19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. ²⁹  Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. ³⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 20:2

20:2 The leaders ³¹  of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered ³²  four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

Hakim-hakim 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ³³  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

[1:18]  ¹ tn Heb “The men of Judah captured Gaza and its surrounding territory, Ashkelon and its surrounding territory, and Ekron and its surrounding territory.”

[2:11]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[2:11]  ³ tn Or “serving”; or “following.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “robbers who robbed them.” (The verb שָׁסָה [shasah] appears twice in the verse.)

[2:14]  sn The expression robbers who plundered them is a derogatory reference to the enemy nations, as the next line indicates.

[2:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[2:14]  ⁷ tn The word “attacks” is supplied in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[3:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “his.”

[3:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

[3:24]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

[4:15]  ¹¹ tn Or “caused to panic.”

[4:15]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “before Barak.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “got down from.”

[7:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ¹⁵ tn Or “fled.”

[8:8]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”

[8:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”

[9:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “Should I stop my wine, which makes happy gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?” The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.

[9:37]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

[9:37]  ²⁰ tn Heb “head.”

[9:37]  ²¹ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.

[15:4]  ²² tn Traditionally, “foxes.”

[15:4]  ²³ tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”

[16:19]  ²⁴ tn Heb “on her knees.” The expression is probably euphemistic for sexual intercourse. See HALOT 160-61 s.v. בֶּרֶךְ.

[16:19]  ²⁵ tn Heb “she called for a man and she shaved off.” The point seems to be that Delilah acted through the instrumentality of the man. See J. A. Soggin, Judges (OTL), 254.

[16:19]  ²⁶ tn Heb “head.” By metonymy the hair of his head is meant.

[16:19]  ²⁷ tn Heb “She began to humiliate him.” Rather than referring to some specific insulting action on Delilah’s part after Samson’s hair was shaved off, this statement probably means that she, through the devious actions just described, began the process of Samson’s humiliation which culminates in the following verses.

[16:29]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”

[19:29]  ²⁹ tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”

[19:29]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”

[20:2]  ³¹ tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.

[20:2]  ³² tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[20:36]  ³³ tn Heb “gave place to.”