Judges 6:29

6:29 They said to one another, ¹  “Who did this?” ²  They investigated the matter thoroughly ³  and concluded ⁴  that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

Judges 14:4

14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, ⁵  because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines ⁶  (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).

Judges 4:22

4:22 Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, “Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.” He went with her into the tent, ⁷  and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead ⁸  with the tent peg in his temple.

Judges 18:1

The Tribe of Dan Finds an Inheritance

18:1 In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place ⁹  to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “each one to his neighbor.”

² tn Heb “this thing.”

³ tn Heb “they inquired and searched.” The synonyms are joined to emphasize the care with which they conducted their inquiry.

⁴ tn Heb “and said.” Perhaps the plural subject is indefinite. If so, it could be translated, “they were told.”

⁵ tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”

⁶ tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”

⁹ tn Heb “he went to her.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “fallen, dead.”

¹³ tn Heb “an inheritance.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “because there had not fallen to them by that day in the midst of the tribes of Israel an inheritance.”