Judges 1:28

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

Judges 7:11

7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave ¹  and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp. ² 

Judges 7:20

7:20 All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. ³  Then they yelled, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

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. ⁴  Then I can lean on them.”

Judges 19:4

19:4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there.

Judges 19:29

19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. ⁵  Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. ⁶ 

Judges 20:22

20:22 The Israelite army ⁷  took heart ⁸  and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

Judges 3:12

Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance

3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ⁹  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ¹⁰  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ¹¹  who were chosen ¹²  took supplies ¹³  and their trumpets. Gideon ¹⁴  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ¹⁵  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ¹⁶  were camped down below ¹⁷  in the valley.

Judges 9:24

9:24 He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother ¹⁸  who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them. ¹⁹ 

Judges 16:28

16:28 Samson called to the Lord, “O Master, Lord, ²⁰  remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge ²¹  against the Philistines for my two eyes!”

Judges 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ²²  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ²³  They raped ²⁴  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

[7:11]  ¹ tn Heb “your hands will be strengthened.”

[7:11]  ² tn Heb “to the edge of the ones in battle array who were in the camp.”

[7:20]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in order to blow [them].” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[16:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house is founded.”

[19:29]  ¹ tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”

[19:29]  ² tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”

[20:22]  ¹ tn Heb “The people, the men of Israel.”

[20:22]  ² tn Or “encouraged one another.”

[3:12]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord” (also later in this verse).

[3:12]  ² tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ² tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

[9:24]  ¹ tn Heb “their brother.”

[9:24]  ² tn Heb “so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might come, and their blood might be placed on Abimelech, their brother, who murdered them, and upon the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to murder his brothers.”

[16:28]  ¹ tn The Hebrew has אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה (’adonay yehovih, “Lord Yahweh”).

[16:28]  ² tn Heb “so I can get revenge with one act of vengeance.”

[19:25]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ² tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ³ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.