Hakim-hakim 1:7

1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up ¹  food scraps ²  under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” ³  They brought him to Jerusalem, ⁴  where he died.

Hakim-hakim 6:27

6:27 So Gideon took ten of his servants ⁵  and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family ⁶  and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 6:37

6:37 Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it ⁸  is dry, then I will be sure ⁹  that you will use me to deliver Israel, ¹⁰  as you promised.”

Hakim-hakim 11:36

11:36 She said to him, “My father, since ¹¹  you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. ¹²  After all, the Lord vindicated you before ¹³  your enemies, the Ammonites.”

Hakim-hakim 13:23

13:23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. ¹⁴  He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”

[1:7]  ¹ tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.

[1:7]  ² tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[1:7]  ³ tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.

[1:7]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “men from among his servants.”

[6:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[6:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “so he did it at night.”

[6:37]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the ground.”

[6:37]  ⁹ tn Or “know.”

[6:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you will deliver Israel by my hand.”

[11:36]  ¹¹ tn The conjunction “since” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:36]  ¹² tn Heb “you opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me according to [what] went out from your mouth.”

[11:36]  ¹³ tn Or “has given you vengeance against.”

[13:23]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “our hand.”