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 1:30

1:30 The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. ³  The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

Judges 1:35

1:35 The Amorites managed ⁴  to remain in Har Heres, ⁵  Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, ⁶  the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

Judges 4:13

4:13 he ⁷  ordered ⁸  all his chariotry – nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels – and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the River Kishon.

Judges 5:6

5:6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael caravans ⁹  disappeared; ¹⁰ 

travelers ¹¹  had to go on winding side roads.

Judges 8:20

8:20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! ¹²  Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, ¹³  because he was still young.

Judges 11:19-20

11:19 Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, “Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.” ¹⁴  11:20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He ¹⁵  assembled his whole army, ¹⁶  camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Judges 20:38

20:38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ¹⁷  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ¹⁸  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ¹⁹ 

[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).

[1:30]  ³ tn Heb “the people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”

[1:35]  ⁵ tn Or “were determined.”

[1:35]  ⁶ tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

[1:35]  ⁷ tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”

[4:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “Sisera.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:13]  ⁸ tn Or “summoned.”

[5:6]  ⁹ tc The translation assumes the form אֳרְחוֹת (’orÿkhot, “caravans”) rather than אֳרָחוֹת (’orakhot, “roadways”) because it makes a tighter parallel with “travelers” in the next line.

[5:6]  ¹⁰ tn Or “ceased.”

[5:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Ones walking on paths.”

[8:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “Arise!”

[8:20]  ¹² tn Heb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”

[11:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “to my place.”

[11:20]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Sihon.” The proper name (“Sihon”) has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) because of English style; a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant in English.

[11:20]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “all his people” (also in the following verse).

[20:38]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”