Judges 1:20

1:20 Caleb received ¹  Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

Judges 2:15

2:15 Whenever they went out to fight, ²  the Lord did them harm, ³  just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. ⁴  They suffered greatly. ⁵ 

Judges 2:22

2:22 Joshua left those nations ⁶  to test ⁷  Israel. I wanted to see ⁸  whether or not the people ⁹  would carefully walk in the path ¹⁰  marked out by ¹¹  the Lord, as their ancestors ¹²  were careful to do.”

Judges 7:17

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ¹³  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

Judges 8:8

8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ¹⁴  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ¹⁵ 

Judges 8:33

Israel Returns to Baal-Worship

8:33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith ¹⁶  their god.

Judges 11:5

11:5 When the Ammonites attacked, ¹⁷  the leaders ¹⁸  of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back ¹⁹  from the land of Tob.

Judges 11:7

11:7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave ²⁰  my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”

Judges 15:10

15:10 The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking ²¹  us?” The Philistines ²²  said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”

[1:20]  ¹ tn Heb “they gave to Caleb.”

[2:15]  ² tn The expression “to fight” is interpretive.

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “the Lord’s hand was against them for harm.”

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “just as he had said and just as he had sworn to them.”

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Or “they experienced great distress.”

[2:22]  ³ tn The words “Joshua left those nations” are interpretive. The Hebrew text of v. 22 simply begins with “to test.” Some subordinate this phrase to “I will no longer remove” (v. 21). In this case the Lord announces that he has now decided to leave these nations as a test for Israel. Another possibility is to subordinate “to test” to “He said” (v. 20; see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 111). In this case the statement recorded in vv. 20b-21 is the test in that it forces Israel to respond either positively (through repentance) or negatively to the Lord’s declaration. A third possibility (the one reflected in the present translation) is to subordinate “to test” to “left unconquered” (v. 21). In this case the Lord recalls that Joshua left these nations as a test. Israel has failed the test (v. 20), so the Lord announces that the punishment threatened earlier (Josh 23:12-13; see also Judg 2:3) will now be implemented. As B. G. Webb (Judges [JSOTSup], 115) observes, “The nations which were originally left as a test are now left as a punishment.” This view best harmonizes v. 23, which explains that the Lord did not give all the nations to Joshua, with v. 22. (For a grammatical parallel, where the infinitive construct of נָסָה [nasah] is subordinated to the perfect of עָזַב [’azav], see 2 Chr 32:31.)

[2:22]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text includes the phrase “by them,” but this is somewhat redundant in English and has been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:22]  ⁵ tn The words “I [i.e., the Lord] wanted to see” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[2:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:22]  ⁷ tn Or “way [of life].”

[2:22]  ⁸ tn “The words “marked out by” are interpretive.

[2:22]  ⁹ tn Or “fathers.”

[7:17]  ⁴ tn Or “look.”

[8:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”

[8:33]  ⁶ sn Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.

[11:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “When the Ammonites fought with Israel.”

[11:5]  ⁸ tn Or “elders.”

[11:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “went to take Jephthah.”

[11:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “Did you not hate me and make me leave?”

[15:10]  ⁹ tn Or “come up against.”

[15:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.