Hakim-hakim 3:5

3:5 The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Hakim-hakim 3:16

3:16 Ehud made himself a sword – it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. ¹  He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.

Hakim-hakim 8:11

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ²  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 9:21

9:21 Then Jotham ran away ⁴  to Beer and lived there to escape from ⁵  Abimelech his half-brother. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 9:32

9:32 Now, come up ⁷  at night with your men ⁸  and set an ambush in the field outside the city. ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 9:46-47

9:46 When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem ¹⁰  heard the news, they went to the stronghold ¹¹  of the temple of El-Berith. ¹²  9:47 Abimelech heard ¹³  that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place. ¹⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 16:1

Samson’s Downfall

16:1 Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her. ¹⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 19:11

19:11 When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late ¹⁶  and the servant ¹⁷  said to his master, “Come on, let’s stop at ¹⁸  this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”

Hakim-hakim 19:14

19:14 So they traveled on, ¹⁹  and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ²⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 19:20

19:20 The old man said, “Everything is just fine! ²¹  I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

Hakim-hakim 20:12

20:12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe ²²  of Benjamin, saying, “How could such a wicked thing take place? ²³ 

Hakim-hakim 21:4

21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. ²⁴ 

[3:16]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term גֹּמֶד (gomed) denotes a unit of linear measure, perhaps a cubit (the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger – approximately 18 inches [45 cm]). Some suggest it is equivalent to the short cubit (the distance between the elbow and the knuckles of the clenched fist – approximately 13 inches [33 cm]) or to the span (the distance between the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger in a spread hand – approximately 9 inches [23 cm]). See BDB 167 s.v.; HALOT 196 s.v.; B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 142.

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

[8:11]  ³ tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.

[9:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “fled and ran away and went.”

[9:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “from before.”

[9:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “his brother.”

[9:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “arise.”

[9:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “you and the people who are with you.”

[9:32]  ⁹ tn The words “outside the city” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:46]  ¹⁰ sn Perhaps the Tower of Shechem was a nearby town, distinct from Shechem proper, or a tower within the city.

[9:46]  ¹¹ tn Apparently this rare word refers here to the most inaccessible area of the temple, perhaps the inner sanctuary or an underground chamber. It appears only here and in 1 Sam 13:6, where it is paired with “cisterns” and refers to subterranean or cave-like hiding places.

[9:46]  ¹² sn The name El-Berith means “God of the Covenant.” It is probably a reference to the Canaanite high god El.

[9:47]  ¹³ tn Heb “and it was told to Abimelech.”

[9:47]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “were assembled.”

[16:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he went in to her.” The idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations.

[19:11]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the day was descending greatly.”

[19:11]  ¹⁷ tn Or “young man.”

[19:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “turn aside” (also in the following verse).

[19:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and they passed by and went.”

[19:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “which belongs to Benjamin.”

[19:20]  ²¹ tn Heb “Peace to you.”

[20:12]  ²² tc The MT reads the plural, but surely the singular (which is supported by the LXX and Vulgate) is preferable here.

[20:12]  ²³ tn Heb “What is this wicked thing which happened among you?”

[21:4]  ²⁴ tn Or “peace offerings.”