Judges 3:16

3:16 Ehud made himself a sword – it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. ¹  He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.

Judges 8:12

8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon ²  chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised ³  their entire army.

Judges 9:44

9:44 Abimelech and his units ⁴  attacked and blocked ⁵  the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

Judges 11:38

11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave ⁶  for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. ⁷ 

Judges 16:29

16:29 Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple ⁸  and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other.

Judges 19:6

19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. ⁹  Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” ¹⁰ 

Judges 19:8

19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. ¹¹  Wait until later in the day to leave!” ¹²  So they ate a meal together.

Judges 19:29

19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. ¹³  Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. ¹⁴ 

Judges 20:21

20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ¹⁵ 

[3:16]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term גֹּמֶד (gomed) denotes a unit of linear measure, perhaps a cubit (the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger – approximately 18 inches [45 cm]). Some suggest it is equivalent to the short cubit (the distance between the elbow and the knuckles of the clenched fist – approximately 13 inches [33 cm]) or to the span (the distance between the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger in a spread hand – approximately 9 inches [23 cm]). See BDB 167 s.v.; HALOT 196 s.v.; B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 142.

[8:12]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ³ tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”

[9:44]  ³ tn Or possibly, “the unit that was with him.”

[9:44]  ⁴ tn Heb “stood [at].”

[11:38]  ⁴ tn Heb “he sent her.”

[11:38]  ⁵ tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.

[16:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house was founded.”

[19:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”

[19:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”

[19:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

[19:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”

[19:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”

[19:29]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”

[20:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”