Judges 2:2

2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ ¹  But you have disobeyed me. ²  Why would you do such a thing? ³ 

Judges 2:4

2:4 When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ⁴ 

Judges 5:11

5:11 Hear ⁵  the sound of those who divide the sheep ⁶  among the watering places;

there they tell of ⁷  the Lord’s victorious deeds,

the victorious deeds of his warriors ⁸  in Israel.

Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –

Judges 6:10

6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship ⁹  the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” ¹⁰ 

Judges 13:9

13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. ¹¹  God’s angelic messenger visited ¹²  the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 18:25

18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men ¹³  will attack you, and you and your family will die.” ¹⁴ 

Judges 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel ¹⁵  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ¹⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “their altars.”

² tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

³ tn Heb “What is this you have done?”

⁴ tn Heb “lifted their voices and wept.”

⁷ tn The word “Hear” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some translate “those who distribute the water” (HALOT 344 s.v. חצץ pi). For other options see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 246-47.

⁹ tn Or perhaps “repeat.”

¹⁰ tn See the note on the term “warriors” in v. 7.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Do not fear.”

¹¹ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

¹³ tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “came to.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.

¹⁷ tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”

¹⁹ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁰ tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.