Judges 1:2

1:2 The Lord said, “The men of Judah should take the lead. ¹  Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.” ² 

Judges 1:22

Partial Success

1:22 When the men ³  of Joseph attacked ⁴  Bethel, ⁵  the Lord was with them.

Judges 4:12

4:12 When Sisera heard ⁶  that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

Judges 11:16

11:16 When they left ⁷  Egypt, Israel traveled ⁸  through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.

Judges 16:8

16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

Judges 20:38

20:38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ⁹  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

Judges 21:4

21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. ¹⁰ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Judah should go up.”

[1:2]  ² tn The Hebrew exclamation הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally, “Behold”), translated “Be sure of this,” draws attention to the following statement. The verb form in the following statement (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.”

[1:22]  ³ tn Heb “house.” This is a metonymy for the warriors from the tribe.

[1:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[1:22]  ⁵ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[4:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they told Sisera.”

[11:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “For when they went up from.”

[11:16]  ⁸ tn Or “went.”

[20:38]  ⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “peace offerings.”