Judges 1:28-29

1:28 Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

1:29 The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer.

Judges 1:32

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

Judges 1:34

1:34 The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in ¹  the coastal plain.

Judges 2:23

2:23 This is why ²  the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; ³  he did not hand them over to Joshua.

Judges 6:23

6:23 The Lord said to him, “You are safe! ⁴  Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”

Judges 8:2

8:2 He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes ⁵  are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! ⁶ 

Judges 10:13

10:13 But since you abandoned me and worshiped ⁷  other gods, I will not deliver you again.

Judges 11:28

11:28 But the Ammonite king disregarded ⁸  the message sent by Jephthah. ⁹ 

Judges 13:2

13:2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. ¹⁰ 

Judges 16:8

16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.

Judges 21:1

600 Brides for 600 Brothers

21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

[1:34]  ¹ tn Heb “come down into.”

[2:23]  ¹ tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.

[2:23]  ² tn Or “quickly.”

[6:23]  ¹ tn Heb “Peace to you.” For a similar use of this idiom to introduce a reassuring word, see Gen 43:23.

[8:2]  ¹ tn Heb “gleanings.”

[8:2]  ² sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.

[10:13]  ¹ tn Or “served”; or “followed.”

[11:28]  ¹ tn Heb “did not listen to.”

[11:28]  ² tn Heb “Jephthah’s words which he sent to him.”

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and had not given birth.”