Discovery BoxJudges 2:2
Context2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ 1 But you have disobeyed me. 2 Why would you do such a thing? 3
Judges 2:4
Context2:4 When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. 4
Judges 5:11
Context5:11 Hear 5 the sound of those who divide the sheep 6 among the watering places;
there they tell of 7 the Lord’s victorious deeds,
the victorious deeds of his warriors 8 in Israel.
Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –
Judges 6:10
Context6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship 9 the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” 10
Judges 13:9
Context13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. 11 God’s angelic messenger visited 12 the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her.
Judges 18:25
Context18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men 13 will attack you, and you and your family will die.” 14
Judges 21:2
Context21:2 So the people came to Bethel 15 and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. 16
Judges 2:20
Context2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. 17 He said, “This nation 18 has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors 19 by disobeying me. 20
Judges 9:7
Context9:7 When Jotham heard the news, 21 he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, 22 “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
Judges 18:3
Context18:3 As they approached 23 Micah’s house, they recognized the accent 24 of the young Levite. So they stopped 25 there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?” 26
Judges 20:13
Context20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings 27 in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” 28 But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.
[2:2] 1 tn Heb “their altars.”
[2:2] 2 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
[2:2] 3 tn Heb “What is this you have done?”
[2:4] 4 tn Heb “lifted their voices and wept.”
[5:11] 7 tn The word “Hear” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
[5:11] 8 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some translate “those who distribute the water” (HALOT 344 s.v. חצץ pi). For other options see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 246-47.
[5:11] 9 tn Or perhaps “repeat.”
[5:11] 10 tn See the note on the term “warriors” in v. 7.
[6:10] 10 tn Heb “Do not fear.”
[6:10] 11 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
[13:9] 13 tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”
[18:25] 16 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
[18:25] 17 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”
[21:2] 19 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[21:2] 20 tn Heb “and they lifted up their voice[s] and wept with great weeping.” Both the cognate accusative בְּכִי (bekhi, “weeping”) and the attributive adjective גָדוֹל (gadol, “great”) emphasize their degree of sorrow.
[2:20] 22 tn Or “The
[2:20] 23 tn Heb “Because this nation.”
[2:20] 24 tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”
[2:20] 25 tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.
[9:7] 25 tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.
[9:7] 26 tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”
[18:3] 28 tn Or “When they were near.”
[18:3] 29 tn Heb “voice.” This probably means that “his speech was Judahite [i.e., southern] like their own, not Israelite [i.e., northern]” (R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 263).
[18:3] 30 tn Heb “turned aside.”
[18:3] 31 tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”
