Judges 9:40

9:40 Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ¹  ran from him. Many Shechemites ²  fell wounded at the entrance of the gate.

Judges 16:24

16:24 When the people saw him, ³  they praised their god, saying, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!” ⁴ 

Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ⁵  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ⁶  They began to strike down their enemy ⁷  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ⁸  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ⁹  about thirty Israelites.

Judges 20:39

20:39 the Israelites counterattacked. ¹⁰  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ¹¹  they struck down ¹²  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

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

² tn The word “Shechemites” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarification.

³ tn Most interpret this as a reference to Samson, but this seems premature, since v. 25 suggests he was not yet standing before them. Consequently some prefer to see this statement as displaced and move it to v. 25 (see C. F. Burney, Judges, 387). It seems more likely that the pronoun refers to an image of Dagon.

⁴ tn Heb “multiplied our dead.”

⁵ tn Heb “went out to meet.”

⁶ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

⁷ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

⁸ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁹ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁷ tn Heb “turned in the battle.”

⁸ tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

⁹ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.