Judges 1:10

1:10 The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Judges 1:17

1:17 The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon ¹  and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. ²  So people now call the city Hormah. ³ 

Judges 3:1

3:1 These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel – he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites. ⁴ 

Judges 3:4

3:4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. ⁵ 

Judges 3:13

3:13 Eglon formed alliances with ⁶  the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.

Judges 4:7

4:7 I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. ⁷  I will hand him over to you.”

Judges 6:9

6:9 I rescued you from Egypt’s power ⁸  and from the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave their land to you.

Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ⁹  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ¹⁰ 

Judges 8:7

8:7 Gideon said, “Since you will not help, ¹¹  after the Lord hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh ¹²  your skin ¹³  with ¹⁴  desert thorns and briers.”

Judges 8:12

8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon ¹⁵  chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised ¹⁶  their entire army.

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ¹⁷  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

Judges 18:20

18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ¹⁸ 

Judges 20:5

20:5 The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. ¹⁹  They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died.

[1:17]  ¹ tn Heb “Judah went with Simeon, his brother.”

[1:17]  ² tn Heb “it”; the referent (the city of Zephath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:17]  ³ sn The name Hormah (חָרְמָה, khormah) sounds like the Hebrew verb translated “wipe out” (חָרַם, kharam).

[3:1]  ¹ tn Heb “did not know the wars of Canaan.”

[3:4]  ¹ tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”

[3:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and he gathered to him.”

[4:7]  ¹ tn Heb “horde”; “multitude.”

[6:9]  ¹ tn Heb “hand” (also a second time later in this verse).

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “and he did so.”

[8:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Therefore.”

[8:7]  ² sn I will thresh. The metaphor is agricultural. Threshing was usually done on a hard threshing floor. As farm animals walked over the stalks, pulling behind them a board embedded with sharp stones, the stalks and grain would be separated. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 63-65. Gideon threatens to use thorns and briers on his sledge.

[8:7]  ³ tn Or “flesh.”

[8:7]  ⁴ tn This is apparently a rare instrumental use of the Hebrew preposition אֵת (’et, note the use of ב [bet] in v. 16). Some, however, argue that אֵת more naturally indicates accompaniment (“together with”). In this case Gideon envisions threshing their skin along with thorns and briers, just as the stalks and grain are intermingled on the threshing floor. See C. F. Burney, Judges, 229-30.

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ² tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”

[18:18]  ¹ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”

[18:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”

[20:5]  ¹ tn Heb “arose against me and surrounded against me the house at night.”