Hakim-hakim 9:54

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ¹  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ²  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

Hakim-hakim 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ³  until the party was almost over. ⁴  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ⁵  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ⁶ 

Hakim-hakim 18:1

The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance

18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ⁷  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ⁸ 

Hakim-hakim 21:23

21:23 The Benjaminites did as instructed. ⁹  They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. ¹⁰  They went home ¹¹  to their own territory, ¹²  rebuilt their cities, and settled down. ¹³ 

[9:54]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:54]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:17]  ³ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

[14:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

[14:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

[18:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

[18:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”

[21:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “did so.”

[21:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And they took wives according to their number from the dancing girls whom they abducted.”

[21:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went and returned.”

[21:23]  ¹² tn Heb “inheritance.”

[21:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “and lived in them.”