Judges 2:20

A Divine Decision

2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. ¹  He said, “This nation ²  has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors ³  by disobeying me. ⁴ 

Judges 7:15

Gideon Routs the Enemy

7:15 When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. ⁵  Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”

Judges 11:17

11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us ⁶  to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. ⁷  Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. ⁸  So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 13:23

13:23 But his wife said to him, “If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. ⁹  He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”

Judges 19:25

19:25 The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite ¹⁰  grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. ¹¹  They raped ¹²  her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn.

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ¹³  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ¹⁴  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

[2:20]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

[2:20]  ² tn Heb “Because this nation.”

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.

[7:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “he bowed down” or “worshiped.”

[11:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)

[11:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “did not listen.”

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

[13:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “our hand.”

[19:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:25]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and he caused [her] to go outside to them.”

[19:25]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “knew,” in the sexual sense.

[20:13]  ²¹ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

[20:13]  ²² tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”