Judges 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ¹  the Lord did them harm, ²  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ³  They suffered greatly. ⁴ 

Judges 21:7

21:7 How can we find wives for those who are left? ⁵  After all, we took an oath in the Lord’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ⁶  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ⁷ 

¹ tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

² tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

³ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

⁴ tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

⁵ tn Heb “What should we do for them, for the remaining ones, concerning wives?”

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”