Judges 20:38

20:38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush¹ sent up a smoke signal from the city,

Judges 3:31

3:31 After Ehud² came³ Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud,⁴ delivered Israel.

Judges 6:40

6:40 That night God did as he asked.⁵ Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Judges 8:11

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads⁶ east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army.⁷

Judges 11:1

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.⁸

Judges 17:13

17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich,⁹ because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men¹⁰ got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod.¹¹ The Midianites¹² were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men¹³ who were chosen¹⁴ took supplies¹⁵ and their trumpets. Gideon¹⁶ sent all the men of Israel back to their homes;¹⁷ he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites¹⁸ were camped down below¹⁹ in the valley.

Judges 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified²⁰ tower²¹ in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder²² until the party was almost over.²³ Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much.²⁴ Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.²⁵

Judges 18:27

18:27 Now the Danites²⁶ took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.²⁷

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

²tn Heb “him”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “was.”

⁴tn Heb “also he”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “God did so that night.”

⁴tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

⁵tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.

⁵tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”

⁶tn Heb “do good for me.”

⁷tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

⁸sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

⁹tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

⁸tn Heb “The people.”

⁹tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁰tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

¹¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn Heb “tents.”

¹³tn Heb “Midian.”

¹⁴tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

⁹tn Or “strong.”

¹⁰tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

¹⁰tn Heb “on him.”

¹¹tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

¹²tn Heb “because she forced him.”

¹³tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

¹¹tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹²tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.