Judges 21:1

600 Brides for 600 Brothers

21:1 The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.”

Judges 1:13

1:13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, ¹  captured it, Caleb ²  gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.

Judges 18:26

18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized ³  they were too strong to resist, ⁴  he turned around and went home.

Judges 3:9

3:9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he ⁵  raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued ⁶  them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. ⁷ 

Judges 11:34

11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out ⁸  to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. ⁹  She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Judges 15:19

15:19 So God split open the basin ¹⁰  at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength ¹¹  was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring ¹²  En Hakkore. ¹³  It remains in Lehi to this very day.

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ¹⁴  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ¹⁵  caught ¹⁶  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ¹⁷  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

[1:13]  ¹ tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel was Caleb’s nephew; so CEV).

[1:13]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:26]  ¹ tn Heb “saw.”

[18:26]  ² tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord.”

[3:9]  ² tn Or “delivered.”

[3:9]  ³ tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel is Caleb’s nephew).

[11:34]  ¹ tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”

[11:34]  ² tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

[15:19]  ¹ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “spirit.”

[15:19]  ³ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:19]  ⁴ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”

[20:45]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ² tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ³ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

[20:45]  ⁴ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”