Judges 5:3

5:3 Hear, O kings!

Pay attention, O rulers!

I will sing to the Lord!

I will sing to the Lord God of Israel!

Judges 5:16

5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds,

listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks?

As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

Judges 9:30

9:30 When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious.

Judges 9:46

9:46 When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith.

Judges 11:28

11:28 But the Ammonite king disregarded 10  the message sent by Jephthah. 11 


tn Heb “I, to the Lord, I, I will sing!” The first singular personal pronoun is used twice, even though a first person finite verbal form is employed.

tn Or “make music.”

tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

tn Or “whistling.”

tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

tn Heb “his anger burned.”

sn Perhaps the Tower of Shechem was a nearby town, distinct from Shechem proper, or a tower within the city.

tn Apparently this rare word refers here to the most inaccessible area of the temple, perhaps the inner sanctuary or an underground chamber. It appears only here and in 1 Sam 13:6, where it is paired with “cisterns” and refers to subterranean or cave-like hiding places.

sn The name El-Berith means “God of the Covenant.” It is probably a reference to the Canaanite high god El.

tn Heb “did not listen to.”

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