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 3:8

3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel ⁵  and turned them over to ⁶  King Cushan-Rishathaim ⁷  of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects ⁸  for eight years.

Hakim-hakim 4:2

4:2 The Lord turned them over to ⁹  King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. ¹⁰  The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. ¹¹ 

[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.

[3:8]  ⁵ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”

[3:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[3:8]  ⁷ tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”

[3:8]  ⁸ tn Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

[4:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”

[4:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

[4:2]  map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[4:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”