Hakim-hakim 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ¹  and from the land of Gilead ²  left their homes ³  and assembled together ⁴  before the Lord at Mizpah.

Hakim-hakim 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ⁵  and from the land of Gilead ⁶  left their homes ⁷  and assembled together ⁸  before the Lord at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 25:28-31

25:28 Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days! 25:29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag ⁹  of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket! 25:30 The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, ¹⁰  and he will make ¹¹  you a leader over Israel. 25:31 Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt ¹²  for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, ¹³  please remember your servant.”

1 Samuel 25:2

David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal

25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; ¹⁴  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ¹⁵  David and his men in the region of ¹⁶  the rocks of the mountain goats. ¹⁷ 

[20:1]  ¹ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

[20:1]  ² sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

[20:1]  ³ tn Heb “went out.”

[20:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

[20:1]  ⁵ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

[20:1]  ⁶ sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

[20:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “went out.”

[20:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

[25:29]  ⁹ tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”

[25:30]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”

[25:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “appoint.”

[25:31]  ¹² tn Heb “and this will not be for you for staggering and for stumbling of the heart of my lord.”

[25:31]  ¹³ tn Heb “and the Lord will do well for my lord.”

[25:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “great.”

[24:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to search [for].”

[24:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[24:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).