Judges 7:9

Gideon Reassured of Victory

7:9 That night the Lord said to Gideon, ¹  “Get up! Attack ²  the camp, for I am handing it over to you. ³ 

Judges 9:32

9:32 Now, come up ⁴  at night with your men ⁵  and set an ambush in the field outside the city. ⁶ 

Judges 9:34

9:34 So Abimelech and all his men came up ⁷  at night and set an ambush outside Shechem – they divided into ⁸  four units.

¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “Go down against.”

³ tn The Hebrew verbal form is a perfect, emphasizing the certainty of the promise.

⁴ tn Heb “arise.”

⁵ tn Heb “you and the people who are with you.”

⁶ tn The words “outside the city” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him arose.”

⁸ tn Heb “four heads.” The words “they divided into” are supplied in the translation for clarification.