Judges 4:3

4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera ¹  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, ²  and he cruelly ³  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 12:1

Civil Strife Mars the Victory

12:1 The Ephraimites assembled ⁴  and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight ⁵  with the Ammonites without asking ⁶  us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!” ⁷ 

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:3]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “with strength.”

[12:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

[12:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “cross over to fight.”

[12:1]  ⁶ tn Or “calling”; or “summoning.”

[12:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “Your house we will burn over you with fire.”