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 3:4

3:4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. ⁴ 

Judges 6:10

6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship ⁵  the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” ⁶ 

Judges 7:11

7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave ⁷  and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp. ⁸ 

Judges 11:10

11:10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, ⁹  if we do not do as you say.” 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 14:13

14:13 But if you cannot solve it, ¹³  you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.” They said to him, “Let us hear your riddle.” ¹⁴ 

Judges 18:25

18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men ¹⁵  will attack you, and you and your family will die.” ¹⁶ 

Judges 20:3

20:3 The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, “Explain how this wicked thing happened!”

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 “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”

⁷ tn Heb “Do not fear.”

⁸ tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “your hands will be strengthened.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to the edge of the ones in battle array who were in the camp.”

¹³ tn Heb “The Lord will be the one who hears between us.” For the idiom שָׁמַע בַּיִן (shama’ bayin, “to hear between”), see Deut 1:16.

¹⁴ sn The Lord will judge…if we do not do as you say. The statement by the leaders of Gilead takes the form of a legally binding oath, which obligates them to the terms of the agreement.

¹⁶ tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “came to.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “you are unable to tell me.”

²⁰ tn Heb “Give your riddle so we can hear it.”

²² 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.

²³ tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”