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 1:32

1:32 The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them.

Judges 2:6

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ³  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ⁴  intending to take possession of the land.

Judges 3:30

3:30 Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

[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.”

[2:6]  ³ tn Or “sent away.”

[2:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”