Judges 5:19

5:19 Kings came, they fought;

the kings of Canaan fought,

at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, ¹ 

but ²  they took no silver as plunder.

Judges 8:2

8:2 He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes ³  are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! ⁴ 

Judges 8:8

8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. ⁵  The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. ⁶ 

Judges 12:2

12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. ⁷  I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. ⁸ 

Judges 19:20

19:20 The old man said, “Everything is just fine! ⁹  I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

[5:19]  ¹ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[5:19]  ² tn The contrastive conjunction “but” is interpretive.

[8:2]  ³ tn Heb “gleanings.”

[8:2]  ⁴ sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.

[8:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”

[12:2]  ⁷ tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”

[12:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “hand.”

[19:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “Peace to you.”