Judges 1:21

1:21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. ² 

Judges 1:26

1:26 He ³  moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day.

Judges 6:24

6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” ⁴  To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 9:19

9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family ⁵  today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! ⁶ 

Judges 10:15

10:15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, ⁷  but deliver us today!” ⁸ 

Judges 19:8

19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. ⁹  Wait until later in the day to leave!” ¹⁰  So they ate a meal together.

Judges 21:3

21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire ¹¹  tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

[1:21]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:21]  ² sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).

[1:26]  ³ tn Heb “the man.”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”

[9:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”

[9:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”

[10:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to all whatever is good in your eyes.”

[10:15]  ¹⁰ sn You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today. The request seems contradictory, but it can be explained in one of two ways. They may be asking for relief from their enemies and direct discipline from God’s hand. Or they may mean, “In the future you can do whatever you like to us, but give us relief from what we’re suffering right now.”

[19:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

[19:8]  ¹² tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”

[21:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “one.”