Hakim-hakim 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ¹  and choose a king for themselves. ²  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ³ 

Hakim-hakim 11:30

11:30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Hakim-hakim 18:15

18:15 They stopped ⁴  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ⁵  and asked him how he was doing. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 20:14

20:14 The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah ⁷  to make war against the Israelites.

Hakim-hakim 21:24

21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. ⁸ 

[9:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

[9:8]  ³ tn Or “Rule over us!”

[18:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

[18:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

[20:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “assembled from the cities at Gibeah.”

[21:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “his inheritance.”