Hakim-hakim 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ¹  his half-brothers ²  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ³ 

Hakim-hakim 11:5

11:5 When the Ammonites attacked, ⁴  the leaders ⁵  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ⁶  from the land of Tob.

Hakim-hakim 11:25

11:25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? ⁷ 

[11:3]  ¹ tn Or “fled from.”

[11:3]  ² tn Heb “brothers.”

[11:3]  ³ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”

[11:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”

[11:5]  ⁵ tn Or “elders.”

[11:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”

[11:25]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation.

[11:25]  sn Jephthah argues that the Ammonite king should follow the example of Balak, who, once thwarted in his attempt to bring a curse on Israel, refused to attack Israel and returned home (Num 22-24).