Judges 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ¹  his half-brothers ²  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ³ 

Judges 1:7

1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up ⁴  food scraps ⁵  under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” ⁶  They brought him to Jerusalem, ⁷  where he died.

¹ tn Or “fled from.”

² tn Heb “brothers.”

³ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”

⁴ tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.

⁵ tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

⁶ tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.