Hakim-hakim 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ²  The Midianites ³  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Hakim-hakim 7:7

7:7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army ⁴  and I will hand Midian over to you. ⁵  The rest of the men should go home.” ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 8:5

8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ⁷  some loaves of bread to the men ⁸  who are following me, ⁹  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Hakim-hakim 9:33

9:33 In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 10:18

10:18 The leaders ¹¹  of Gilead said to one another, “Who is willing to lead the charge ¹²  against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”

Hakim-hakim 12:2

12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. ¹³  I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. ¹⁴ 

[7:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ² sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ³ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “you.” The Hebrew pronoun is masculine plural, probably referring to the entire army.

[7:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew pronoun here is singular.

[7:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “All the people should go, each to his place.”

[8:5]  ⁷ tn Or perhaps, “sell.”

[8:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

[8:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “who are at my feet.”

[9:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].”

[10:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the people, the officers.”

[10:18]  ¹² tn Heb “Who is the man who will begin fighting.”

[12:2]  ¹³ tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”

[12:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “hand.”