Judges 3:2

3:2 He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war. ¹ 

Judges 20:17

20:17 The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. ² 

Judges 20:20

20:20 The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they ³  arranged their battle lines against Gibeah.

Judges 20:22

20:22 The Israelite army ⁴  took heart ⁵  and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.

[3:2]  ¹ tn The Hebrew syntax of v. 2 is difficult. The Hebrew text reads literally, “only in order that the generations of the Israelites might know, to teach them war – only those who formerly did not know them.”

[20:17]  ² tn Heb “a man of war.”

[20:20]  ³ tn Heb “the men of Israel.” The noun phrase has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “The people, the men of Israel.”

[20:22]  ⁵ tn Or “encouraged one another.”