Hakim-hakim 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ¹  until the party was almost over. ²  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ³  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 20:48

20:48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns ⁵  and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, ⁶  the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 21:10

21:10 So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors ⁸  against Jabesh Gilead. ⁹  They commanded them, “Go and kill with your swords ¹⁰  the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.

Hakim-hakim 21:16

21:16 The leaders ¹¹  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ¹²  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

[14:17]  ¹ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:17]  ² tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

[14:17]  ³ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

[14:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

[20:48]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the sons of Benjamin.”

[20:48]  ⁶ tc The translation is based on the reading מֵעִיר מְתִים (me’ir mÿtim, “from a city of men,” i.e., “an inhabited city”), rather than the reading מֵעִיר מְתֹם (me’ir mÿtom, “from a city of soundness”) found in the Leningrad Codex (L).

[20:48]  ⁷ tn Heb “Also all the cities that were found they set on fire.”

[21:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”

[21:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “there.”

[21:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the edge of the sword.”

[21:16]  ¹¹ tn Or “elders.”

[21:16]  ¹² tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”