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 

Judges 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ¹⁷  He said, “This nation ¹⁸  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ¹⁹  by disobeying me. ²⁰ 

Judges 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ²¹  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ²²  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Judges 18:3

18:3 As they approached ²³  Micah’s house, they recognized the accent ²⁴  of the young Levite. So they stopped ²⁵  there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?” ²⁶ 

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ²⁷  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ²⁸  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

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.

²² tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

²³ tn Heb “Because this nation.”

²⁴ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

²⁵ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.

²⁵ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

²⁶ tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

²⁸ tn Or “When they were near.”

²⁹ tn Heb “voice.” This probably means that “his speech was Judahite [i.e., southern] like their own, not Israelite [i.e., northern]” (R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 263).

³⁰ tn Heb “turned aside.”

³¹ tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”

³¹ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

³² tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”