Hakim-hakim 2:23

2:23 This is why ¹  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ²  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Hakim-hakim 11:39

11:39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. ³  Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. ⁴ 

Hakim-hakim 16:16

16:16 She nagged him ⁵  every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁷  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁸  from Bethlehem ⁹  in Judah.

[2:23]  ¹ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

[2:23]  ² tn Or “quickly.”

[11:39]  ³ tn Heb “She had never known a man.” Some understand this to mean that her father committed her to a life of celibacy, but the disjunctive clause (note the vav + subject + verb pattern) more likely describes her condition at the time the vow was fulfilled. (See G. F. Moore, Judges [ICC], 302-3; C. F. Burney, Judges, 324.) She died a virgin and never experienced the joys of marriage and motherhood.

[11:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”

[16:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “forced him with her words.”

[16:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his spirit was short [i.e., impatient] to the point of death.”

[19:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ⁸ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.