Hakim-hakim 1:24

1:24 the spies spotted ¹  a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”

Hakim-hakim 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ²  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 8:8

8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ⁴  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 11:24

11:24 You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 13:20

13:20 As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord’s messenger went up in it ⁷  while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown ⁸  to the ground.

[1:24]  ¹ tn Heb “saw.”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “and he did so.”

[8:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”

[8:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”

[11:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “Is it not so that what Chemosh your god causes you to possess, you possess, and all whom the Lord our God dispossesses before us we will possess?” Jephthah speaks of Chemosh as if he is on a par with the Lord God of Israel. This does not necessarily mean that Jephthah is polytheistic or that he recognizes the Lord as only a local deity. He may simply be assuming the Ammonite king’s perspective for the sake of argument. Other texts, as well as the extrabiblical Mesha inscription, associate Chemosh with Moab, while Milcom is identified as the god of the Ammonites. Why then does Jephthah refer to Chemosh as the Ammonite god? Ammon had likely conquered Moab and the Ammonite king probably regarded himself as heir of all territory formerly held by Moab. Originally Moab had owned the disputed territory (cf. Num 21:26-29), meaning that Chemosh was regarded as the god of the region (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 203-4). Jephthah argues that Chemosh had long ago relinquished claim to the area (by allowing Sihon to conquer it), while the Lord had long ago established jurisdiction over it (by taking it from Sihon and giving it to Israel). Both sides should abide by the decisions of the gods which had stood firm for three hundred years.

[13:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the flame from the altar.”

[13:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “on their faces.”