Judges 1:22

Partial Success

1:22 When the men ¹  of Joseph attacked ²  Bethel, ³  the Lord was with them.

Judges 6:12

6:12 The Lord’s messenger appeared and said to him, “The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!”

Judges 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but ⁴  I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” ⁵ 

Judges 9:34

9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up ⁶  at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into ⁷  four units.

Judges 15:3

15:3 Samson said to them, ⁸  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ⁹ 

Judges 20:14

20:14 The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah ¹⁰  to make war against the Israelites.

Judges 20:38

20:38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ¹¹  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

¹ tn Heb “house.” This is a metonymy for the warriors from the tribe.

² tn Heb “went up.”

³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁴ tn Or “certainly.”

⁵ tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”

⁷ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”

⁸ tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁰ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the singular “to him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “I am innocent this time from the Philistines when I do with them harm.”

¹³ tn Heb “assembled from the cities at Gibeah.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.