Hakim-hakim 2:6

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ¹  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ²  intending to take possession of the land.

Hakim-hakim 6:34

6:34 The Lord’s spirit took control of ³  Gideon. He blew a trumpet, ⁴  summoning the Abiezrites to follow him. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 9:41

9:41 Abimelech went back ⁶  to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 11:5

11:5 When the Ammonites attacked, ⁸  the leaders ⁹  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ¹⁰  from the land of Tob.

Hakim-hakim 16:10

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ¹¹  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

Hakim-hakim 20:38

20:38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ¹²  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “sent away.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”

[6:34]  ³ tn Heb “clothed.”

[6:34]  ⁴ tn That is, “mustered an army.”

[6:34]  ⁵ tn Heb “Abiezer was summoned after him.”

[9:41]  ⁶ tc Heb “stayed.” Some scholars revise the vowel pointing on this verb from that of the MT, resulting in the translation “and he returned to.” The Lucianic recension of the LXX understands the word in this way.

[9:41]  ⁷ tn Heb “drove…out from dwelling in Shechem.”

[11:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”

[11:5]  ⁹ tn Or “elders.”

[11:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”

[16:10]  ¹¹ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.

[20:38]  ¹² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.