Hakim-hakim 6:17

6:17 Gideon ¹  said to him, “If you really are pleased with me, ²  then give me ³  a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.

Hakim-hakim 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ⁴  of the land. A unit ⁵  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 15:8

15:8 He struck them down and defeated them. ⁷  Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

Hakim-hakim 20:34

20:34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. ⁸  But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. ⁹ 

[6:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:17]  ² tn Heb “If I have found favor in your eyes.”

[6:17]  ³ tn Heb “perform for me.”

[9:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

[9:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “head.”

[9:37]  ⁶ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.

[15:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “He struck them, calf on thigh, [with] a great slaughter.” The precise meaning of the phrase “calf on thigh” is uncertain.

[20:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “heavy”; or “severe.”

[20:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “And they did not know that touching against them was disaster.”