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 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ³  He said, “This nation ⁴  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ⁵  by disobeying me. ⁶ 

Judges 4:2

4:2 The Lord turned them over to ⁷  King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. ⁸  The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. ⁹ 

Judges 4:19

4:19 He said to her, “Give me a little water to drink, because I’m thirsty.” She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.

Judges 11:3

11:3 So Jephthah left ¹⁰  his half-brothers ¹¹  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ¹² 

Judges 11:20

11:20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He ¹³  assembled his whole army, ¹⁴  camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Judges 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ¹⁵  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ¹⁶ 

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ¹⁷  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 13:10

13:10 The woman ran at once and told her husband, ¹⁸  “Come quickly, ¹⁹  the man who visited ²⁰  me the other day has appeared to me!”

Judges 15:4

15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals ²¹  and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. ²² 

Judges 16:26

16:26 Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. ²³  Then I can lean on them.”

[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).

[2:20]  ³ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “Because this nation.”

[2:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

[2:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.

[4:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord sold them into the hands of.”

[4:2]  ⁶ tn Or “King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite ruler.”

[4:2]  ⁷ tn Or “Harosheth of the Pagan Nations”; cf. KJV “Harosheth of the Gentiles.”

[11:3]  ⁷ tn Or “fled from.”

[11:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “brothers.”

[11:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “Empty men joined themselves to Jephthah and went out with him.”

[11:20]  ⁹ 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]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all his people” (also in the following verse).

[11:38]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he sent her.”

[11:38]  ¹² tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

[13:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and said to him.” This phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons.

[13:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Look.”

[13:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “came to.”

[15:4]  ¹⁷ tn Traditionally, “foxes.”

[15:4]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”

[16:26]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house is founded.”