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 9:7

Jotham’s Parable

9:7 When Jotham heard the news, ⁵  he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, ⁶  “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!

Judges 18:3

18:3 As they approached ⁷  Micah’s house, they recognized the accent ⁸  of the young Levite. So they stopped ⁹  there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?” ¹⁰ 

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ¹¹  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ¹²  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.

[9:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[9:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”

[18:3]  ⁹ tn Or “When they were near.”

[18:3]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:3]  ¹² tn Heb “What [is there] to you here?”

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

[20:13]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”