Judges 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

Judges 8:28

Gideon’s Story Ends

8:28 The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. ¹  The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time. ² 

Judges 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ³  of the land. A unit ⁴  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ⁵ 

Judges 13:1

Samson’s Birth

13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, ⁶  so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 13:21

13:21 The Lord’s messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord’s messenger. ⁷ 

Judges 20:22

20:22 The Israelite army ⁸  took heart ⁹  and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

[8:28]  ¹ tn Heb “Midian was humbled before the Israelites, and they no longer lifted their heads.”

[8:28]  ² tn Heb “in the days of Gideon.”

[9:37]  ¹ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

[9:37]  ² tn Heb “head.”

[9:37]  ³ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.

[13:1]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[13:21]  ¹ tn Heb “Then Manoah knew that he was the Lord’s messenger.”

[20:22]  ¹ tn Heb “The people, the men of Israel.”

[20:22]  ² tn Or “encouraged one another.”