12:11 After him Elon the Zebulunite led 1 Israel for ten years. 2
8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed. 5
1 tn Traditionally, “judged.”
2 tn Heb “…led Israel. He led Israel for ten years.”
3 tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”
4 tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”
5 tn Heb “About fifteen thousand [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were a hundred and twenty thousand [in number], men drawing the sword.”
7 tn Heb “And Benjamin went out to meet them from Gibeah the second day, and they struck down among the sons of Israel eighteen thousand men to the ground, all of these were wielding the sword.”
9 tn Heb “men, sons of strength.”
10 tn Heb “there.”
11 tn Heb “the edge of the sword.”