Judges 3:24

3:24 When Ehud had left, Eglon’s ¹  servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, “He must be relieving himself ²  in the well-ventilated inner room.” ³ 

Judges 5:19

5:19 Kings came, they fought;

the kings of Canaan fought,

at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, ⁴ 

but ⁵  they took no silver as plunder.

Judges 5:23

5:23 ‘Call judgment down on ⁶  Meroz,’ says the Lord’s angelic ⁷  messenger;

‘Be sure ⁸  to call judgment down on ⁹  those who live there,

because they did not come to help in the Lord’s battle, ¹⁰ 

to help in the Lord’s battle against the warriors.’ ¹¹ 

Judges 18:18

18:18 When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole ¹²  the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

[3:24]  ¹ tn Heb “his.”

[3:24]  ² tn Heb “covering his feet” (i.e., with his outer garments while he relieves himself).

[3:24]  ³ tn The Hebrew expression translated “well-ventilated inner room” may refer to the upper room itself or to a bathroom attached to or within it.

[5:19]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[5:19]  ⁵ tn The contrastive conjunction “but” is interpretive.

[5:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “Curse Meroz.”

[5:23]  ⁸ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive.

[5:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “Curse, cursing.” The Hebrew construction is emphatic.

[5:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[to] curse.”

[5:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to the help of the Lord” (the same Hebrew phrase occurs in the following line). Another option is to read “to aid the Lord’s cause.”

[5:23]  ¹² tn Or “along with the other warriors.”

[18:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “These went into Micah’s house and took.”