Hakim-hakim 2:14

2:14 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹  and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. ²  He turned them over to ³  their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies’ attacks. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 8:5

8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ⁵  some loaves of bread to the men ⁶  who are following me, ⁷  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Hakim-hakim 11:9

11:9 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “All right! ⁸  If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, ⁹  I will be your leader.” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ¹¹  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

[2:14]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:14]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn The word “attacks” is supplied in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[8:5]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “sell.”

[8:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

[8:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “who are at my feet.”

[11:9]  ⁸ tn “All right” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “places them before me.”

[11:9]  ¹⁰ tn Some translate the final statement as a question, “will I really be your leader?” An affirmative sentence is preferable. Jephthah is repeating the terms of the agreement in an official manner. In v. 10 the leaders legally agree to these terms.

[20:36]  ¹¹ tn Heb “gave place to.”