Judges 1:13

1:13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, ¹  captured it, Caleb ²  gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.

Judges 1:24

1:24 the spies spotted ³  a man leaving the city. They said to him, “If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you.”

Judges 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

Judges 3:27

3:27 When he reached Seirah, ⁴  he blew a trumpet ⁵  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. ⁶ 

Judges 6:38

6:38 The Lord did as he asked. ⁷  When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. ⁸ 

Judges 7:17

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ⁹  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Judges 8:24

8:24 Gideon continued, ¹⁰  “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” ¹¹  (The Midianites ¹²  had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Judges 9:35

9:35 When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

Judges 9:43

9:43 he took his men ¹³  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ¹⁴  he attacked and struck them down. ¹⁵ 

Judges 15:2

15:2 Her father said, “I really thought ¹⁶  you absolutely despised ¹⁷  her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!” ¹⁸ 

Judges 18:26

18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized ¹⁹  they were too strong to resist, ²⁰  he turned around and went home.

Judges 20:21

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

Judges 20:32

20:32 Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ²²  and lure them ²³  away from the city into the main roads.”

Judges 20:40

20:40 But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky. ²⁴ 

[1:13]  ¹ tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel was Caleb’s nephew; so CEV).

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:24]  ³ tn Heb “saw.”

[3:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “When he arrived.”

[3:27]  ⁶ tn That is, “mustered an army.”

[3:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “now he was before them.”

[6:38]  ⁷ tn Heb “And it was so.”

[6:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “dew dripped from the fleece – a bowl full of water.”

[7:17]  ⁹ tn Or “look.”

[8:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “said to them.”

[8:24]  ¹² tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”

[8:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:43]  ¹³ tn Heb “his people.”

[9:43]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

[9:43]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”

[15:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “saying, I said.” The first person form of אָמַר (’amar, “to say”) sometimes indicates self-reflection. The girl’s father uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

[15:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “hating, you hated.” Once again the girl’s father uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis.

[15:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Is her younger sister not better than her? Let her [i.e., the younger sister] be yours instead of her [i.e., Samson’s ‘bride’]).”

[18:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “saw.”

[18:26]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”

[20:21]  ¹⁹ 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.”

[20:32]  ²¹ tn Or “run away.”

[20:32]  ²² tn Heb “him” (collective singular).

[20:40]  ²³ tn Heb “Benjamin turned after him and, look, the whole city went up toward the sky.”