Judges 3:7

Othniel: A Model Leader

3:7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. ² 

Judges 8:34

8:34 The Israelites did not remain true ³  to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them.

Judges 9:27

9:27 They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, ⁴  squeezed out the juice, ⁵  and celebrated. They came to the temple ⁶  of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Judges 16:23

Samson’s Death and Burial

16:23 The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, “Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us.”

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

[3:7]  ² sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.

[8:34]  ³ tn Heb “remember.”

[9:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “vineyards.”

[9:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “stomped” or “trampled.” This refers to the way in which the juice was squeezed out in the wine vats by stepping on the grapes with one’s bare feet. For a discussion of grape harvesting in ancient Israel, see O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 110-14.

[9:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “house.”