Hakim-hakim 1:1

Judah Takes the Lead

1:1 After Joshua died, the Israelites asked ¹  the Lord, “Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?” ² 

Hakim-hakim 4:20

4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

Hakim-hakim 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ³  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 6:24

6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” ⁵  To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Hakim-hakim 8:25

8:25 They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” ⁶  So they ⁷  spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

Hakim-hakim 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁸  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Hakim-hakim 16:7

16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh ⁹  bowstrings ¹⁰  that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”

Hakim-hakim 16:11

16:11 He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, ¹¹  I will become weak and be just like any other man.”

Hakim-hakim 16:21

16:21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.

[1:1]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb translated “asked” (שָׁאַל, sha’al) refers here to consulting the Lord through a prophetic oracle; cf. NAB “consulted.”

[1:1]  ² tn Heb “Who should first go up for us against the Canaanites to attack them?”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he did so.”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”

[8:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “We will indeed give.”

[8:25]  ⁷ tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites.

[13:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[16:7]  ⁹ tn Or “moist.”

[16:7]  ¹⁰ tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.

[16:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “with which no work has been done.”