Judges 13:11

13:11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met ¹  the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” ²  He said, “Yes.” ³ 

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ⁴  got angry at him ⁵  and went home ⁶  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 20:30

20:30 The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; ⁷  they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.

Judges 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ⁸  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

[13:11]  ¹ tn Heb “came to.”

[13:11]  ² tn Heb “the woman.”

[13:11]  ³ tn Heb “I [am].”

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

[19:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “went from him.”

[20:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “the third day.”

[20:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “gave place to.”