Judges 3:14

3:14 The Israelites were subject to ¹  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

Judges 3:17

3:17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Judges 4:23

4:23 That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

Judges 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ²  and choose a king for themselves. ³  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ⁴ 

Judges 9:14

9:14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’ ⁵ 

Judges 11:14

11:14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king

Judges 11:28

11:28 But the Ammonite king disregarded ⁶  the message sent by Jephthah. ⁷ 

Judges 17:6

17:6 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁸ 

Judges 21:25

21:25 In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. ⁹ 

¹ tn Or “the Israelites served Eglon.”

² tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

³ tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

⁴ tn Or “Rule over us!”

³ tn Or “and rule over us!”

⁴ tn Heb “did not listen to.”

⁵ tn Heb “Jephthah’s words which he sent to him.”

⁵ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”

⁶ tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”