Judges 2:4

2:4 When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. ¹ 

Judges 8:28

Gideon’s Story Ends

8:28 The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. ²  The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time. ³ 

Judges 19:17

19:17 When he looked up and saw the traveler ⁴  in the town square, the old man said, “Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”

Judges 21:2

21:2 So the people came to Bethel ⁵  and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. ⁶ 

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “lifted their voices and wept.”

[8:28]  ² tn Heb “Midian was humbled before the Israelites, and they no longer lifted their heads.”

[8:28]  ³ tn Heb “in the days of Gideon.”

[19:17]  ³ tn Heb “the man, the traveler.”

[21:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[21:2]  ⁵ 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.