Judges 2:7

2:7 The people worshiped ¹  the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and as long as the elderly men ²  who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed ³  all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. ⁴ 

Judges 6:25

Gideon Destroys the Altar

6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. ⁵  Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

Judges 7:5

7:5 So he brought the men ⁶  down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, “Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink.” ⁷ 

Judges 16:30

16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard ⁸  and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. ⁹ 

¹ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

² tn Or perhaps “elders,” which could be interpreted to mean “leaders.”

³ tn Heb “all the days of Joshua and all the days of the old men who outlived him, who had seen.”

⁴ tn Heb “the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.”

⁵ tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.

⁹ tn Heb “the people.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, put him by himself, as well as the one who gets down on his knees to drink.”

¹³ tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”