Hakim-hakim 10:9

10:9 The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. ¹  Israel suffered greatly. ² 

Hakim-hakim 10:1

Stability Restored

10:1 After Abimelech’s death, ³  Tola son of Puah, grandson ⁴  of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, ⁵  rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.

1 Samuel 13:6

13:6 The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, ⁶  and cisterns.

1 Samuel 14:24

Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath

14:24 Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ⁷  were thinking of stoning him; ⁸  each man grieved bitterly ⁹  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

1 Samuel 30:2

30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

Kolose 4:8

4:8 I sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are doing ¹⁰  and that he may encourage your hearts.

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the house of Ephraim.”

[10:9]  ² tn Or “Israel experienced great distress.” Perhaps here the verb has the nuance “hemmed in.”

[10:1]  ³ tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “son.”

[10:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”

[13:6]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “vaults.” This rare term also occurs in Judg 9:46, 49. Cf. KJV “high places”; ASV “coverts”; NAB “caverns”; NASB “cellars”; NIV, NCV, TEV “pits”; NRSV, NLT “tombs.”

[30:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “people.”

[30:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

[30:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”

[4:8]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the things concerning us.”