Judges 2:9

2:9 The people ¹  buried him in his allotted land ²  in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Judges 3:27

3:27 When he reached Seirah, ³  he blew a trumpet ⁴  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. ⁵ 

Judges 9:6

9:6 All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar ⁶  in Shechem.

Judges 9:29

9:29 If only these men ⁷  were under my command, ⁸  I would get rid of Abimelech!” He challenged Abimelech, ⁹  “Muster ¹⁰  your army and come out for battle!” ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”

³ tn Heb “When he arrived.”

⁴ tn That is, “mustered an army.”

⁵ tn Heb “now he was before them.”

⁵ tc The translation assumes that the form in the Hebrew text (מֻצָּב, mutsav) is a corruption of an original מַצֵּבָה (matsevah, “pillar”). The reference is probably to a pagan object of worship (cf. LXX).

⁷ tn Heb “people.”

⁸ tn Heb “in my hand.”

⁹ tn Heb “said to Abimelech.” On the other hand, the preposition ל (lamed) prefixed to the proper name may be vocative (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 178). If so, one could translate, “He boasted, ‘Abimelech…’”

¹⁰ tn Heb “Make numerous.”

¹¹ tn The words “for battle” are interpretive.