Judges 1:19

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered ¹  the hill country, but they could not ²  conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. ³ 

Judges 3:28

3:28 He said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” ⁴  They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River ⁵  opposite Moab, ⁶  and did not let anyone cross.

Judges 5:31

5:31 May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord!

But may those who love you shine

like the rising sun at its brightest!” ⁷ 

And the land had rest for forty years.

Judges 8:5

8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ⁸  some loaves of bread to the men ⁹  who are following me, ¹⁰  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Judges 9:5

9:5 He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, ¹¹  the seventy legitimate ¹²  sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal’s youngest son, escaped, ¹³  because he hid.

Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ¹⁴  squeezed out the juice, ¹⁵  and celebrated. They came to the temple ¹⁶  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 19:11

19:11 When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late ¹⁷  and the servant ¹⁸  said to his master, “Come on, let’s stop at ¹⁹  this Jebusite city and spend the night in it.”

Judges 20:26

20:26 So all the Israelites, the whole army, ²⁰  went up to ²¹  Bethel. ²²  They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything ²³  that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace ²⁴  to the Lord.

Judges 20:32

20:32 Then the Benjaminites said, “They are defeated just as before.” But the Israelites said, “Let’s retreat ²⁵  and lure them ²⁶  away from the city into the main roads.”

[1:19]  ¹ tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”

[1:19]  ² tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

[1:19]  ³ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

[3:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “for the Lord has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

[3:28]  ⁵ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

[3:28]  ⁶ tn Or “against Moab,” that is, so as to prevent the Moabites from crossing.

[5:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “But may those who love him be like the going forth of the sun in its strength.”

[8:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps, “sell.”

[8:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

[8:5]  ¹² tn Heb “who are at my feet.”

[9:5]  ¹³ tn Heb “his brothers.”

[9:5]  ¹⁴ tn The word “legitimate” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “remained.”

[9:27]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ¹⁷ 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.

[9:27]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “house.”

[19:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and the day was descending greatly.”

[19:11]  ²⁰ tn Or “young man.”

[19:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “turn aside” (also in the following verse).

[20:26]  ²² tn Heb “and all the people.”

[20:26]  ²³ tn Heb “went up and came [to].”

[20:26]  ²⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:26]  ²⁵ tn Traditionally, “fasted.”

[20:26]  ²⁶ tn Or “peace offerings.”

[20:32]  ²⁵ tn Or “run away.”

[20:32]  ²⁶ tn Heb “him” (collective singular).