Hakim-hakim 1:35

1:35 The Amorites managed ¹  to remain in Har Heres, ²  Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, ³  the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

Hakim-hakim 4:15

4:15 The Lord routed ⁴  Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. ⁵  Sisera jumped out of ⁶  his chariot and ran away on foot.

Hakim-hakim 5:17

5:17 Gilead stayed put ⁷  beyond the Jordan River.

As for Dan – why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? ⁸ 

Asher remained ⁹  on the seacoast,

he stayed ¹⁰  by his harbors. ¹¹ 

Hakim-hakim 6:10

6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship ¹²  the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” ¹³ 

Hakim-hakim 6:35

6:35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. ¹⁴  He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him.

Hakim-hakim 7:23

7:23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites. ¹⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 8:22

Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod

8:22 The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us – you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.” ¹⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 8:25

8:25 They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” ¹⁷  So they ¹⁸  spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

Hakim-hakim 9:4

9:4 They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous ¹⁹  men as his followers. ²⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 9:9

9:9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!’ ²¹ 

Hakim-hakim 10:18

10:18 The leaders ²²  of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge ²³  against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”

Hakim-hakim 11:8

11:8 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “That may be true, ²⁴  but now we pledge to you our loyalty. ²⁵  Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader ²⁶  of all who live in Gilead.” ²⁷ 

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. ²⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 18:24

18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” ²⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 19:4

19:4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.

Hakim-hakim 19:6

19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. ³⁰  Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” ³¹ 

Hakim-hakim 19:12

19:12 But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. ³²  We will travel on to Gibeah.”

Hakim-hakim 19:17

19:17 When he looked up and saw the traveler ³³  in the town square, the old man said, “Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

Hakim-hakim 21:7

21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? ³⁴  After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

[1:35]  ¹ tn Or “were determined.”

[1:35]  ² tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

[1:35]  ³ tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”

[4:15]  ⁴ tn Or “caused to panic.”

[4:15]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “before Barak.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “got down from.”

[5:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “lived” or “settled down.”

[5:17]  sn Apparently the people of Gilead remained on the other side of the river and did not participate in the battle.

[5:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “Dan, why did he live as a resident alien, ships.” The verb גּוּר (gur) usually refers to taking up residence outside one’s native land. Perhaps the Danites, rather than rallying to Barak, were content to move to the Mediterranean coast and work in the shipyards. For further discussion, see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 262.

[5:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “lived.”

[5:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “lived” or “settled down.”

[5:17]  ¹¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִפְרָץ (mifrats) is uncertain, but the parallelism (note “seacoast”) suggests “harbors.”

[6:10]  ¹² tn Heb “Do not fear.”

[6:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[6:35]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and he also was summoned after him.”

[7:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Midian.”

[8:22]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “hand.”

[8:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “We will indeed give.”

[8:25]  ¹⁸ tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites.

[9:4]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “empty and reckless.”

[9:4]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and they followed him.”

[9:9]  ²¹ tn Heb “Should I stop my abundance, with which they honor gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?” The negative sentence in the translation reflects the force of the rhetorical question.

[10:18]  ²² tn Heb “the people, the officers.”

[10:18]  ²³ tn Heb “Who is the man who will begin fighting.”

[11:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “therefore”; “even so.” For MT לָכֵן (lakhen, “therefore”) the LXX has an opposite reading, “not so,” which seems to be based on the Hebrew words לֹא כֵן (lo’ khen).

[11:8]  ²⁵ tn Heb “we have returned to you.” For another example of שׁוּב אֶל (shuv ’el) in the sense of “give allegiance to,” see 1 Kgs 12:27b.

[11:8]  ²⁶ sn Then you will become the leader. The leaders of Gilead now use the word רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head, leader”), the same term that appeared in their original, general offer (see 10:18). In their initial offer to Jephthah they had simply invited him to be their קָצִין (qatsin, “commander”; v. 6). When he resists they must offer him a more attractive reward – rulership over the region. See R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 198.

[11:8]  ²⁷ tn Heb “leader of us and all who live in Gilead.”

[11:24]  ²⁸ 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.

[18:24]  ²⁹ tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”

[19:6]  ³⁰ tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”

[19:6]  ³¹ tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”

[19:12]  ³² tn Heb “who are not from the sons of Israel.”

[19:17]  ³³ tn Heb “the man, the traveler.”

[21:7]  ³⁴ tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”