Hakim-hakim 3:12

Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance

3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ²  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Hakim-hakim 10:10

10:10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: “We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped ³  the Baals.”

Hakim-hakim 20:6

20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces ⁴  throughout the territory occupied by Israel, ⁵  because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity ⁶  in Israel.

[3:12]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord” (also later in this verse).

[3:12]  ² tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[20:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”

[20:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”