Judges 2:10

2:10 That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel.

Judges 9:49

9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.


tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”

tn Heb “arose after them.”

tn Heb “that did not know the Lord or the work which he had done for Israel.” The expressions “personally experienced” and “seen” are interpretive.

tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.