Judges 3:10

3:10 The Lord’s spirit empowered him ¹  and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him. ² 

Judges 8:3

8:3 It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” ³  When he said this, they calmed down. ⁴ 

Judges 11:29

A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter

11:29 The Lord’s spirit empowered ⁵  Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went ⁶  to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. ⁷ 

Judges 14:19

14:19 The Lord’s spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes ⁸  and gave them ⁹  to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. ¹⁰ 

Judges 15:14

15:14 When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord’s spirit empowered ¹¹  him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in ¹²  fire, and they ¹³  melted away from his hands.

Judges 15:19

15:19 So God split open the basin ¹⁴  at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength ¹⁵  was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring ¹⁶  En Hakkore. ¹⁷  It remains in Lehi to this very day.

[3:10]  ¹ tn Heb “was on him.”

[3:10]  ² tn Heb “his hand was strong against Cushan-Rishathaim.”

[8:3]  ³ tn Heb “What was I able to do compared to you?”

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “Then their spirits relaxed from against him, when he spoke this word.”

[11:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “was on.”

[11:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “passed through.”

[11:29]  ⁷ tn Heb “From Mizpah in Gilead he passed through [to] the Ammonites.”

[14:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “equipment”; or “gear.”

[14:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “changes [of clothes].”

[14:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “he went up to his father’s house.”

[15:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “rushed on.”

[15:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “burned with.”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his bonds.”

[15:19]  ¹¹ tn The word translated “basin” refers to a circular-shaped depression in the land’s surface.

[15:19]  ¹² tn Heb “spirit.”

[15:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “named it”; the referent (the spring) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:19]  ¹⁴ sn The name En Hakkore means “Spring of the one who cries out.”