Judges 3:25

3:25 They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. ¹  Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor! ² 

Judges 7:3

7:3 Now, announce to the men, ³  ‘Whoever is shaking with fear ⁴  may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.’” ⁵  Twenty-two thousand men ⁶  went home; ⁷  ten thousand remained.

Judges 7:11

7:11 and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave ⁸  and attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp. ⁹ 

Judges 11:33

11:33 He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith – twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! ¹⁰  The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites. ¹¹ 

Judges 14:17

14:17 She cried on his shoulder ¹²  until the party was almost over. ¹³  Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. ¹⁴  Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. ¹⁵ 

Judges 20:13

20:13 Now, hand over the good-for-nothings ¹⁶  in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness.” ¹⁷  But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers.

[3:25]  ¹ tn The words “the doors” are supplied.

[3:25]  ² tn Heb “See, their master, fallen to the ground, dead.”

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “call into the ears of the people.”

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “afraid and shaking.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tc Many interpreters reject the MT reading “and leave Mount Gilead” for geographical reasons. A possible alternative, involving rather radical emendation of the Hebrew text, would be, “So Gideon tested them” (i.e., thinned the ranks in this manner).

[7:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because warriors are in view, and in ancient Israelite culture these would be only males. (This is also the case in vv. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.)

[7:3]  ⁷ tn Or “turned around, back.”

[7:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “your hands will be strengthened.”

[7:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the edge of the ones in battle array who were in the camp.”

[11:33]  ⁷ tn Heb “with a very great slaughter.”

[11:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “The Ammonites were humbled before the Israelites.”

[14:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “on him.”

[14:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the seven days [during] which they held the party.” This does not mean she cried for the entire seven days; v. 15 indicates otherwise. She cried for the remainder of the seven day period, beginning on the fourth day.

[14:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “because she forced him.”

[14:17]  ¹² tn Heb “she told the riddle to the sons of her people.”

[20:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the men, sons of wickedness.”

[20:13]  ¹² tn Heb “and burn away wickedness from Israel.”