Judges 1:29

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

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 2:6

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ²  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ³  intending to take possession of the land.

Judges 4:10

4:10 Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; ⁴  Deborah went up with him as well.

Judges 17:7

Micah Hires a Professional

17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem ⁵  in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. ⁶ 

Judges 18:8

18:8 When the Danites returned to their tribe ⁷  in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen ⁸  asked them, “How did it go?” ⁹ 

Judges 18:16

18:16 Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate. ¹⁰ 

Judges 18:31

18:31 They worshiped ¹¹  Micah’s carved image ¹²  the whole time God’s authorized shrine ¹³  was in Shiloh.

Judges 20:46

20:46 That day twenty-five thousand ¹⁴  sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors. ¹⁵ 

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.”

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “sent away.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”

[4:10]  ¹ tn Heb “went up at his feet.”

[17:7]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:7]  ² tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”

[18:8]  ¹ tn Heb “They came to their brothers.”

[18:8]  ² tn Heb “brothers.”

[18:8]  ³ tn Heb “What you?”

[18:16]  ¹ tn Heb “And the six hundred men, equipped with the weapons of war…from the sons of Dan.”

[18:31]  ¹ tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

[18:31]  ² tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

[18:31]  ³ tn Heb “the house of God.”

[20:46]  ¹ sn The number given here (twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites) is an approximate figure; v. 35 gives the more exact number (25,100). According to v. 15, the Benjaminite army numbered 26,700 (26,000 + 700). The figures in vv. 35 (rounded in vv. 44-46) and 47 add up to 25,700. What happened to the other 1,000 men? The most reasonable explanation is that they were killed during the first two days of fighting. G. F. Moore (Judges [ICC], 429) and C. F. Burney (Judges, 475) reject this proposal, arguing that the narrator is too precise and concerned about details to omit such a fact. However, the account of the first two days’ fighting emphasizes Israel’s humiliating defeat. To speak of Benjaminite casualties would diminish the literary effect. In vv. 35, 44-47 the narrator’s emphasis is the devastating defeat that Benjamin experienced on this final day of battle. To mention the earlier days’ casualties at this point is irrelevant to his literary purpose. He allows readers who happen to be concerned with such details to draw conclusions for themselves.

[20:46]  ² tn Heb “So all the ones who fell from Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men, wielding the sword, in that day, all of these men of strength.