Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ¹  squeezed out the juice, ²  and celebrated. They came to the temple ³  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ⁴  his half-brothers ⁵  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ⁶ 

Judges 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ⁷  and from the land of Gilead ⁸  left their homes ⁹  and assembled together ¹⁰  before the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 20:21

20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ¹¹ 

Judges 21:24

21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. ¹² 

Judges 3:19

3:19 But he went back ¹³  once he reached ¹⁴  the carved images ¹⁵  at Gilgal. He said to Eglon, ¹⁶  “I have a secret message for you, O king.” Eglon ¹⁷  said, “Be quiet!” ¹⁸  All his attendants left.

Judges 15:19

15:19 So God split open the basin ¹⁹  at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength ²⁰  was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring ²¹  En Hakkore. ²²  It remains in Lehi to this very day.

Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ²³  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ²⁴  They began to strike down their enemy ²⁵  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ²⁶  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ²⁷  about thirty Israelites.

¹ tn Heb “vineyards.”

² tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

³ tn Heb “house.”

⁴ tn Or “fled from.”

⁵ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁶ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”

⁷ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

⁸ sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

⁹ tn Heb “went out.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”

¹³ tn Heb “his inheritance.”

¹⁶ tn Or “returned” (i.e., to Eglon’s palace).

¹⁷ tn The words “when he reached” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The Hebrew text simply reads “from.”

¹⁸ tn Or “idols.”

¹⁹ tn The words “to Eglon” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

²⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eglon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²¹ tn Or “Hush!”

¹⁹ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

²⁰ tn Heb “spirit.”

²¹ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²² sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”

²² tn Heb “went out to meet.”

²³ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

²⁴ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

²⁵ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

²⁶ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.