Judges 4:20

4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”

Judges 5:17

5:17 Gilead stayed put ¹  beyond the Jordan River.

As for Dan – why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? ² 

Asher remained ³  on the seacoast,

he stayed ⁴  by his harbors. ⁵ 

Judges 6:18

6:18 Do not leave this place until I come back ⁶  with a gift ⁷  and present it to you.” The Lord said, “I will stay here until you come back.”

Judges 7:16

7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. ⁸  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ⁹ 

Judges 8:32

8:32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very ¹⁰  old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 11:23

11:23 Since ¹¹  the Lord God of Israel has driven out ¹²  the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? ¹³ 

Judges 15:8

15:8 He struck them down and defeated them. ¹⁴  Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam.

Judges 16:26

16:26 Samson said to the young man who held his hand, “Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. ¹⁵  Then I can lean on them.”

Judges 18:15

18:15 They stopped ¹⁶  there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), ¹⁷  and asked him how he was doing. ¹⁸ 

Judges 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ¹⁹  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

Judges 21:24

21:24 Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. ²⁰ 

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “lived” or “settled down.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “Dan, why did he live as a resident alien, ships.” The verb גּוּר (gur) usually refers to taking up residence outside one’s native land. Perhaps the Danites, rather than rallying to Barak, were content to move to the Mediterranean coast and work in the shipyards. For further discussion, see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 262.

[5:17]  ³ tn Heb “lived.”

[5:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “lived” or “settled down.”

[5:17]  ⁵ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִפְרָץ (mifrats) is uncertain, but the parallelism (note “seacoast”) suggests “harbors.”

[6:18]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “to you,” but this has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:18]  ² tn Heb “and I will bring out my gift.” The precise nuance of the Hebrew word מִנְחָה (minkhah, “gift”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a gift offered as a sign of goodwill or submission. In some cases it is used of a gift offered to appease someone whom the offerer has offended. The word can also carry a sacrificial connotation.

[7:16]  ¹ tn Heb “heads.”

[7:16]  ² tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:32]  ¹ tn Heb “good.”

[11:23]  ¹ tn Heb “Now.”

[11:23]  ² tn Or “dispossessed.”

[11:23]  ³ tn Heb “will you dispossess him [i.e., Israel; or possibly “it,” i.e., the territory]?” There is no interrogative marker in the Hebrew text.

[15:8]  ¹ tn Heb “He struck them, calf on thigh, [with] a great slaughter.” The precise meaning of the phrase “calf on thigh” is uncertain.

[16:26]  ¹ tn Heb “the pillars upon which the house is founded.”

[18:15]  ¹ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[18:15]  ² tn Heb “Micah’s house.”

[18:15]  ³ tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”

[20:36]  ¹ tn Heb “gave place to.”

[21:24]  ¹ tn Heb “his inheritance.”