Judges 20:14

20:14 The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah ¹  to make war against the Israelites.

Judges 20:41

20:41 When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked ²  because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. ³ 

Judges 20:43

20:43 They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, ⁴  and annihilated ⁵  them all the way to a spot east of Geba. ⁶ 

Judges 21:6

21:6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to ⁷  their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire ⁸  tribe from Israel!

[20:14]  ¹ tn Heb “assembled from the cities at Gibeah.”

[20:41]  ² tn Or “were terrified.”

[20:41]  ³ tn Heb “disaster touched against them.”

[20:43]  ³ tc The translation assumes the reading מִנּוֹחָה (minnokhah, “from Nohah”; cf. 1 Chr 8:2) rather than the MT’s מְנוּחָה (mÿnukhah, “resting place”).

[20:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “tread down, walk on.”

[20:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “unto the opposite of Gibeah toward the east.” Gibeah cannot be correct here, since the Benjaminites retreated from there toward the desert and Rimmon (see v. 45). A slight emendation yields the reading “Geba.”

[21:6]  ⁴ tn Or “felt sorry for.”

[21:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “cut off one.”