Hakim-hakim 2:19
Konteks2:19 When a leader died, the next generation 1 would again 2 act more wickedly than the previous one. 3 They would follow after other gods, worshiping them 4 and bowing down to them. They did not give up 5 their practices or their stubborn ways.
Hakim-hakim 3:15
Konteks3:15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he 6 raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. 7 The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment. 8
Hakim-hakim 4:14
Konteks4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, 9 for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! 10 Has the Lord not taken the lead?” 11 Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Hakim-hakim 6:21
Konteks6:21 The Lord’s messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. 12 Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord’s messenger then disappeared. 13
Hakim-hakim 11:36
Konteks11:36 She said to him, “My father, since 14 you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. 15 After all, the Lord vindicated you before 16 your enemies, the Ammonites.”
Hakim-hakim 16:24
Konteks16:24 When the people saw him, 17 they praised their god, saying, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!” 18
Hakim-hakim 17:2
Konteks17:2 He said to his mother, “You know 19 the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen 20 from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole 21 it, but now I am giving it back to you.” 22 His mother said, “May the Lord reward 23 you, my son!”
Hakim-hakim 18:9
Konteks18:9 They said, “Come on, let’s attack them, 24 for 25 we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, 26 but don’t hesitate 27 to invade and conquer 28 the land.
Hakim-hakim 20:26
Konteks20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, 29 went up to 30 Bethel. 31 They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything 32 that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace 33 to the Lord.
Hakim-hakim 21:5
Konteks21:5 The Israelites asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?” They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. 34
[2:19] 1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the next generation) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:19] 2 tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to return; to turn”) is sometimes translated “turn back” here, but it is probably used in an adverbial sense, indicating that the main action (“act wickedly”) is being repeated.
[2:19] 3 tn Heb “their fathers.”
[2:19] sn The statement the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one must refer to the successive sinful generations after Joshua, not Joshua’s godly generation (cf. vv. 7, 17).
[2:19] 4 tn Or “serving [them]”; or “following [them].”
[3:15] 6 tn Heb “the
[3:15] 7 tn The phrase, which refers to Ehud, literally reads “bound/restricted in the right hand,” apparently a Hebrew idiom for a left-handed person. See Judg 20:16, where 700 Benjaminites are described in this way. Perhaps the Benjaminites purposely trained several of their young men to be left-handed warriors by restricting the use of the right hand from an early age so the left hand would become dominant. Left-handed men would have a distinct military advantage, especially when attacking city gates. See B. Halpern, “The Assassination of Eglon: The First Locked-Room Murder Mystery,” BRev 4 (1988): 35.
[3:15] 8 tn Heb “The Israelites sent by his hand an offering to Eglon, king of Moab.”
[4:14] 10 tn The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the
[4:14] 11 tn Heb “Has the
[6:21] 12 tn Heb “extended the tip of the staff which was in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread.”
[6:21] 13 tn Heb “went from his eyes.”
[11:36] 14 tn The conjunction “since” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
[11:36] 15 tn Heb “you opened your mouth to the
[11:36] 16 tn Or “has given you vengeance against.”
[16:24] 17 tn Most interpret this as a reference to Samson, but this seems premature, since v. 25 suggests he was not yet standing before them. Consequently some prefer to see this statement as displaced and move it to v. 25 (see C. F. Burney, Judges, 387). It seems more likely that the pronoun refers to an image of Dagon.
[16:24] 18 tn Heb “multiplied our dead.”
[17:2] 19 tn The words “You know” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[17:2] 22 tn In the Hebrew text the statement, “but now I am giving it back to you,” appears at the end of v. 3 and is spoken by the mother. But v. 4 indicates that she did not give the money back to her son. Unless the statement is spoken by the woman to the LORD, it appears to be misplaced and fits much better in v. 2. It may have been accidentally omitted from a manuscript, written in the margin, and then later inserted in the wrong place in another manuscript.
[17:2] 23 tn Traditionally, “bless.”
[18:9] 24 tn Heb “Arise, and let us go up against them.”
[18:9] 25 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX adds “we entered and walked around in the land as far as Laish and.”
[18:9] 26 tn Heb “But you are inactive.”
[18:9] 28 tn Heb “to go”; “to enter”; “to possess.”
[20:26] 29 tn Heb “and all the people.”
[20:26] 30 tn Heb “went up and came [to].”
[20:26] 31 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[20:26] 32 tn Traditionally, “fasted.”
[20:26] 33 tn Or “peace offerings.”
[21:5] 34 tn Heb “A great oath there was concerning the one who did not go up before the Lord at Mizpah, saying, ‘He must surely be put to death.’”
