Hakim-hakim 2:2

2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ ¹  But you have disobeyed me. ²  Why would you do such a thing? ³ 

Hakim-hakim 2:10

2:10 That entire generation passed away; ⁴  a new generation grew up ⁵  that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 7:16

7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. ⁷  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 8:20

8:20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! ⁹  Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, ¹⁰  because he was still young.

Hakim-hakim 10:4

10:4 He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair ¹¹  – they are in the land of Gilead. ¹² 

[2:2]  ¹ tn Heb “their altars.”

[2:2]  ² tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “What is this you have done?”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

[2:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “arose after them.”

[2:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

[7:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “heads.”

[7:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:16]  sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.

[8:20]  ⁹ tn Or “Arise!”

[8:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”

[10:4]  ¹¹ sn The name Habboth Jair means “tent villages of Jair” in Hebrew.

[10:4]  ¹² tn Heb “they call them Havvoth Jair to this day – which are in the land of Gilead.”