Judges 20:38

20:38 The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush ¹  sent up a smoke signal from the city,

Judges 3:31

3:31 After Ehud ²  came ³  Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, ⁴  delivered Israel.

Judges 6:40

6:40 That night God did as he asked. ⁵  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Judges 8:11

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ⁶  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ⁷ 

Judges 11:1

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. ⁸ 

Judges 17:13

17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ⁹  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men ¹⁰  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. ¹¹  The Midianites ¹²  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ¹³  who were chosen ¹⁴  took supplies ¹⁵  and their trumpets. Gideon ¹⁶  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ¹⁷  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ¹⁸  were camped down below ¹⁹  in the valley.

Judges 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ²⁰  tower ²¹  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ²²  until the party was almost over. ²³  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ²⁴  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ²⁵ 

Judges 18:27

18:27 Now the Danites ²⁶  took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. ²⁷ 

[20:38]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the men hiding in ambush) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:31]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:31]  ³ tn Heb “was.”

[3:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “also he”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:40]  ³ tn Heb “God did so that night.”

[8:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

[8:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.

[11:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”

[17:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “do good for me.”

[7:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

[7:1]  ⁸ sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

[7:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).

[7:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ⁹ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ¹² tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:8]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

[9:51]  ⁹ tn Or “strong.”

[9:51]  ¹⁰ tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

[14:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

[14:17]  ¹² tn Heb “because she forced him.”

[14:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

[18:27]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:27]  ¹² tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.