Judges 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but ¹  I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” ² 

Judges 9:53

9:53 a woman threw an upper millstone ³  down on his ⁴  head and shattered his skull.

Judges 15:15

15:15 He happened to see ⁵  a solid ⁶  jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it ⁷  and struck down ⁸  a thousand men.

[6:16]  ¹ tn Or “certainly.”

[6:16]  ² tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”

[9:53]  ³ sn A hand mill consisted of an upper stone and larger lower stone. One would turn the upper stone with a handle to grind the grain, which was placed between the stones. An upper millstone, which was typically about two inches thick and a foot or so in diameter, probably weighed 25-30 pounds (11.4-13.6 kg). See G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 268; C. F. Burney, Judges, 288.

[9:53]  ⁴ tn Heb “Abimelech’s.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “his” in the translation in keeping with conventions of English narrative style.

[15:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “he found.”

[15:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “fresh,” i.e., not decayed and brittle.

[15:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “he reached out his hand and took it.”

[15:15]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text adds “with it.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.