Hakim-hakim 8:25

8:25 They said, “We are happy to give you earrings.” ¹  So they ²  spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

Hakim-hakim 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ³  and choose a king for themselves. ⁴  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 9:14

9:14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’ ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 11:6

11:6 They said, ⁷  “Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”

Hakim-hakim 18:5

18:5 They said to him, “Seek a divine oracle for us, ⁸  so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.” ⁹ 

Hakim-hakim 18:8

18:8 When the Danites returned to their tribe ¹⁰  in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen ¹¹  asked them, “How did it go?” ¹² 

Hakim-hakim 18:23

18:23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites ¹³  turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”

Hakim-hakim 21:6

21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to ¹⁴  their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire ¹⁵  tribe from Israel!

Hakim-hakim 21:16

21:16 The leaders ¹⁶  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ¹⁷  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

[8:25]  ¹ tn Heb “We will indeed give.”

[8:25]  ² tc In the LXX the subject of this verb is singular, referring to Gideon rather than to the Israelites.

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Or “Rule over us!”

[9:14]  ⁶ tn Or “and rule over us!”

[11:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “to Jephthah.”

[18:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “Ask God.”

[18:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “so we can know if our way on which we are going will be successful.”

[18:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “They came to their brothers.”

[18:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “brothers.”

[18:8]  ¹² tn Heb “What you?”

[18:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:6]  ¹⁴ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “cut off one.”

[21:16]  ¹⁶ tn Or “elders.”

[21:16]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”