Judges 2:19

2:19 When a leader died, the next generation ¹  would again ²  act more wickedly than the previous one. ³  They would follow after other gods, worshiping them ⁴  and bowing down to them. They did not give up ⁵  their practices or their stubborn ways.

Judges 7:14

7:14 The other man said, ⁶  “Without a doubt this symbolizes ⁷  the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

Judges 11:27

11:27 I have not done you wrong, ⁸  but you are doing wrong ⁹  by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”

Judges 11:34

11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out ¹⁰  to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. ¹¹  She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Judges 12:5

12:5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River ¹²  opposite Ephraim. ¹³  Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive ¹⁴  said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked ¹⁵  him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ¹⁶  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹⁷  from Bethlehem ¹⁸  in Judah.

Judges 19:29

19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. ¹⁹  Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. ²⁰ 

[2:19]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the next generation) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:19]  ² tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to return; to turn”) is sometimes translated “turn back” here, but it is probably used in an adverbial sense, indicating that the main action (“act wickedly”) is being repeated.

[2:19]  ³ tn Heb “their fathers.”

[2:19]  ⁴ tn Or “serving [them]”; or “following [them].”

[2:19]  ⁵ tn Or “drop.”

[7:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[7:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”

[11:27]  ¹¹ tn Or “sinned against you.”

[11:27]  ¹² tn Or “evil.”

[11:34]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”

[11:34]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

[12:5]  ²¹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:5]  ²² tn Or “against Ephraim,” that is, so as to prevent Ephraim from crossing.

[12:5]  ²³ tn The Hebrew text has a plural form here.

[12:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “say to.”

[19:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  ²⁷ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  ²⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:29]  ³¹ tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”

[19:29]  ³² tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”