Judges 6:15

6:15 Gideon ¹  said to him, “But Lord, ²  how ³  can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.” ⁴ 

Judges 6:24

6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” ⁵  To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 8:32

8:32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very ⁶  old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech Murders His Brothers

9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. ⁷  He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, ⁸ 

Judges 11:7

11:7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, “But you hated me and made me leave ⁹  my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”

Judges 19:4-6

19:4 His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there. 19:5 On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. ¹⁰  But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, ¹¹  then you can go.” 19:6 So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. ¹²  Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Why not stay another night and have a good time!” ¹³ 

Judges 19:8

19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. ¹⁴  Wait until later in the day to leave!” ¹⁵  So they ate a meal together.

[6:15]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:15]  ² tn Note the switch to אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”). Gideon seems aware that he is speaking to someone other than, and superior to, the messenger, whom he addressed as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”) in v. 13.

[6:15]  ³ tn Heb “with what.”

[6:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “in my father’s house.”

[6:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “The Lord is peace.” Gideon’s name for the altar plays on the Lord’s reassuring words to him, “Peace to you.”

[8:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “good.”

[9:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “brothers.”

[9:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

[11:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Did you not hate me and make me leave?”

[19:5]  ²¹ tn Heb “and he arose to go.”

[19:5]  ²² tn Heb “Sustain your heart [with] a bit of food.”

[19:6]  ²⁵ tn Heb “And they sat and ate, the two of them together, and they drank.”

[19:6]  ²⁶ tn Heb “Be willing and spend the night so that your heart might be good.”

[19:8]  ²⁹ tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.

[19:8]  ³⁰ tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”