Judges 1:36

1:36 The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent ¹  to Sela and on up. ² 

Judges 20:47

20:47 Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months.

Judges 15:8

15:8 He struck them down and defeated them. ³  Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ⁴  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ⁵ 

Judges 21:13

21:13 The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed. ⁶ 

Judges 15:11

15:11 Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?” He said to them, “I have only done to them what they have done to me.”

Judges 15:13

15:13 They said to him, “We promise! ⁷  We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.” They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ⁸  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ⁹  caught ¹⁰  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ¹¹  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

[1:36]  ¹ tn Or “the Ascent of Scorpions” (עַקְרַבִּים [’aqrabbim] means “scorpions” in Hebrew).

[1:36]  ² tn Or “Amorite territory started at the Pass of the Scorpions at Sela and then went on up.”

[15:8]  ³ tn Heb “He struck them, calf on thigh, [with] a great slaughter.” The precise meaning of the phrase “calf on thigh” is uncertain.

[6:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he did so.”

[21:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “And all the assembly sent and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were at the cliff of Rimmon and they proclaimed to them peace.”

[15:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “No,” meaning that they will not harm him.

[20:45]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ¹² tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ¹³ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

[20:45]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”