Judges 1:2

1:2 The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. ¹  Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.” ² 

Judges 11:30

11:30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

Judges 11:32

11:32 Jephthah approached ³  the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord handed them over to him.

Judges 19:21

19:21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “Judah should go up.”

² tn The Hebrew exclamation הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally, “Behold”), translated “Be sure of this,” draws attention to the following statement. The verb form in the following statement (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

³ tn Heb “passed over to.”

⁵ tn Heb “ate and drank.”