Judges 11:18

11:18 Then Israel ¹  went through the desert and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; ²  they did not go through Moabite territory (the Arnon was Moab’s border).

Judges 3:14

3:14 The Israelites were subject to ³  King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.

Judges 3:17

3:17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Judges 3:30

3:30 Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

Judges 3:28-29

3:28 He said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” ⁴  They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River ⁵  opposite Moab, ⁶  and did not let anyone cross. 3:29 That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites ⁷  – all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped.

Judges 11:15

11:15 and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal ⁸  the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

Judges 11:25

11:25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? ⁹ 

Judges 3:12

Deceit, Assassination, and Deliverance

3:12 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹⁰  The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel ¹¹  because they had done evil in the Lord’s sight.

Judges 3:15

3:15 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he ¹²  raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. ¹³  The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment. ¹⁴ 

Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ¹⁵  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ¹⁶  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ¹⁷  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 10:6

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹⁸  They worshiped ¹⁹  the Baals and the Ashtars, ²⁰  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, ²¹  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. ²²  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship ²³  him.

[11:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel; the pronoun in the Hebrew text represents a collective singular) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:18]  ² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[3:14]  ³ tn Or “the Israelites served Eglon.”

[3:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the Lord has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the Lord speaks of it as a “done deal.”

[3:28]  ⁶ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.

[3:28]  ⁷ tn Or “against Moab,” that is, so as to prevent the Moabites from crossing.

[3:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “They struck Moab that day – about ten thousand men.”

[11:15]  ⁹ tn Or “take”; or “seize.”

[11:25]  ¹¹ tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation.

[3:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord” (also later in this verse).

[3:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “strengthened Eglon…against Israel.”

[3:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the Lord.” This has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:15]  ¹⁶ tn The phrase, which refers to Ehud, literally reads “bound/restricted in the right hand,” apparently a Hebrew idiom for a left-handed person. See Judg 20:16, where 700 Benjaminites are described in this way. Perhaps the Benjaminites purposely trained several of their young men to be left-handed warriors by restricting the use of the right hand from an early age so the left hand would become dominant. Left-handed men would have a distinct military advantage, especially when attacking city gates. See B. Halpern, “The Assassination of Eglon: The First Locked-Room Murder Mystery,” BRev 4 (1988): 35.

[3:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “The Israelites sent by his hand an offering to Eglon, king of Moab.”

[11:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “did not listen.”

[11:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

[10:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[10:6]  ²⁰ tn Or “served;” or “followed.”

[10:6]  ²¹ sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

[10:6]  ²² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[10:6]  ²³ tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”

[10:6]  ²⁴ tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”