Judges 6:27

6:27 So Gideon took ten of his servants ¹  and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family ²  and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. ³ 

Judges 8:21

8:21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, ⁴  “Come on, ⁵  you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” ⁶  So Gideon killed ⁷  Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ⁸  and gave them ⁹  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹⁰ 

Judges 15:4

15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals ¹¹  and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. ¹² 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹³  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹⁴  from Bethlehem ¹⁵  in Judah.

¹ tn Heb “men from among his servants.”

² tn Heb “house.”

³ tn Heb “so he did it at night.”

⁴ tn The words “to Gideon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ tn Or “Arise.”

⁶ tn Heb “for as the man is his strength.”

⁷ tn Heb “arose and killed.”

⁷ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

⁸ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

⁹ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

¹⁰ tn Traditionally, “foxes.”

¹¹ tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”

¹³ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

¹⁴ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

¹⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.