Judges 4:7

4:7 I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin’s army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. ¹  I will hand him over to you.”

Judges 6:20

6:20 God’s messenger said to him, “Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, ²  and pour out the broth.” Gideon did as instructed. ³ 

Judges 8:18

8:18 He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me ⁴  the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” ⁵ 

Judges 11:12

Jephthah Gives a History Lesson

11:12 Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, “Why have ⁶  you come against me to attack my land?”

Judges 13:3

13:3 The Lord’s angelic ⁷  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ⁸  are infertile and childless, ⁹  but you will conceive and have a son.

Judges 13:11

13:11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met ¹⁰  the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” ¹¹  He said, “Yes.” ¹² 

Judges 13:21

13:21 The Lord’s messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord’s messenger. ¹³ 

Judges 16:10

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ¹⁴  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

Judges 19:2

19:2 However, she ¹⁵  got angry at him ¹⁶  and went home ¹⁷  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

Judges 19:12

19:12 But his master said to him, “We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. ¹⁸  We will travel on to Gibeah.”

Judges 20:30

20:30 The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; ¹⁹  they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before.

Judges 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ²⁰  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

[4:7]  ¹ tn Heb “horde”; “multitude.”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “Take the meat…and put [it] on this rock.”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “and he did so.”

[8:18]  ³ tn Heb “Where are?”

[8:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “each one like the appearance of sons of the king.”

[11:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “What to me and to you that…?”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

[13:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look, you.”

[13:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

[13:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “came to.”

[13:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “the woman.”

[13:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “I [am].”

[13:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “Then Manoah knew that he was the Lord’s messenger.”

[16:10]  ⁸ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.

[19:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:2]  ¹⁰ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went from him.”

[19:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “who are not from the sons of Israel.”

[20:30]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the third day.”

[20:36]  ¹² tn Heb “gave place to.”