Hakim-hakim 12:2

12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. ¹  I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. ² 

Hakim-hakim 20:39

20:39 the Israelites counterattacked. ³  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ⁴  they struck down ⁵  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

[12:2]  ¹ tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”

[12:2]  ² tn Heb “hand.”

[20:39]  ³ tn Heb “turned in the battle.”

[20:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

[20:39]  ⁵ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.