Judges 3:8

3:8 The Lord was furious with Israel ¹  and turned them over to ²  King Cushan-Rishathaim ³  of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim’s subjects ⁴  for eight years.

Judges 4:3

4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ⁵  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ⁶  and he cruelly ⁷  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 6:25

Gideon Destroys the Altar

6:25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take the bull from your father’s herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. ⁸  Pull down your father’s Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.

Judges 11:26

11:26 Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time?

Judges 12:9

12:9 He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, ⁹  and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. ¹⁰  Ibzan ¹¹  led ¹²  Israel for seven years;

Judges 16:31

16:31 His brothers and all his family ¹³  went down and brought him back. ¹⁴  They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led ¹⁵  Israel for twenty years.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Or “they served Cushan-Rishathaim.”

[4:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

[4:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “with strength.”

[6:25]  ⁹ tn Or “Take a bull from your father’s herd, the second one, the one seven years old.” Apparently Gideon would need the bulls to pull down the altar.

[12:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “thirty daughters he sent off outside.” Another option is to translate, “He arranged for his thirty daughters…” It is not clear if he had more than the “thirty daughters” mentioned in the text.

[12:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and thirty daughters he brought for his sons from the outside.”

[12:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ibzan) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for English stylistic reasons.

[12:9]  ¹⁶ tn Traditionally, “judged.”

[16:31]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and all the house of his father.”

[16:31]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and lifted him up and brought up.”

[16:31]  ¹⁹ tn Traditionally, “judged.”