Judges 3:6

3:6 They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; ¹  they worshiped ²  their gods as well.

Judges 6:36

6:36 Gideon said to God, “If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, ³  as you promised, then give me a sign as proof. ⁴ 

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 8:34

8:34 The Israelites did not remain true ⁶  to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

Judges 9:23

9:23 God sent a spirit to stir up hostility ⁷  between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal ⁸  to Abimelech.

Judges 9:56

9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. ⁹ 

Judges 10:13-14

10:13 But since you abandoned me and worshiped ¹⁰  other gods, I will not deliver you again. 10:14 Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!” ¹¹ 

Judges 20:27

20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

¹ tn Heb “to their sons.”

² tn Or “served”; or “followed” (this term occurs in the following verse as well).

³ tn More literally, “you are about to deliver Israel by my hand.”

⁴ tn The words “then give me a sign as proof” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ tn Heb “God did so that night.”

⁷ tn Heb “remember.”

⁹ tn Heb “an evil spirit.” A nonphysical, spirit being is in view, like the one who volunteered to deceive Ahab (1 Kgs 22:21). The traditional translation, “evil spirit,” implies the being is inherently wicked, perhaps even demonic, but this is not necessarily the case. The Hebrew adjective רָעַה (ra’ah) can have a nonethical sense, “harmful; dangerous; calamitous.” When modifying רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) it may simply indicate that the being in view causes harm to the object of God’s judgment. G. F. Moore (Judges [ICC], 253) here refers to a “mischief-making spirit.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “The leaders of Shechem were disloyal.” The words “he made” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹¹ tn Heb “seventy brothers.”

¹³ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “in your time of trouble.”