Hakim-hakim 7:12

7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. ¹  Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Hakim-hakim 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ²  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ³  They began to strike down their enemy ⁴  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ⁵  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ⁶  about thirty Israelites.

Hakim-hakim 20:45

20:45 The rest ⁷  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ⁸  caught ⁹  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ¹⁰  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

[7:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”

[20:31]  ² tn Heb “went out to meet.”

[20:31]  ³ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

[20:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

[20:31]  ⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:31]  ⁶ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[20:45]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ⁹ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

[20:45]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”