Judges 7:10

7:10 But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant

Judges 7:21-22

7:21 They stood in order ¹  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ²  7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords ³  throughout ⁴  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ⁵  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Judges 7:17-18

7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! ⁶  I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do! 7:18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, ‘For the Lord and for Gideon!’”

Judges 8:11-12

8:11 Gideon went up the road of the nomads ⁷  east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. ⁸  8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon ⁹  chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised ¹⁰  their entire army.

Judges 4:15-16

4:15 The Lord routed ¹¹  Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. ¹²  Sisera jumped out of ¹³  his chariot and ran away on foot. 4:16 Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died ¹⁴  by the edge of the sword; not even one survived! ¹⁵ 

Judges 7:14

7:14 The other man said, ¹⁶  “Without a doubt this symbolizes ¹⁷  the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

Judges 7:19

7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ¹⁸  at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying. ¹⁹ 

Judges 21:8

21:8 So they asked, “Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?” Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering. ²⁰ 

Judges 21:12

21:12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins – they had never had sexual relations with a male. ²¹  They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

[7:21]  ¹ tn Heb “each in his place.”

[7:21]  ² tn Or “fled.”

[7:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord set the sword of each one against his friend.”

[7:22]  ² tc MT has “and throughout the camp,” but the conjunction (“and”) is due to dittography and should be dropped. Compare the ancient versions, which lack the conjunction here.

[7:22]  ³ tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:17]  ¹ tn Or “look.”

[8:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the ones living in tents.”

[8:11]  ² tn Heb “and attacked the army, while the army was secure.” The Hebrew term בֶטַח (vetakh, “secure”) probably means the army was undefended (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 156), not suspecting an attack at that time and place.

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ² tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”

[4:15]  ¹ tn Or “caused to panic.”

[4:15]  ² tn The Hebrew text also includes the phrase “before Barak.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[4:15]  ³ tn Heb “got down from.”

[4:16]  ¹ tn Heb “fell.”

[4:16]  ² tn Heb “was left.”

[7:14]  ¹ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[7:14]  ² tn Heb “This can be nothing but.”

[7:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Gideon went, along with the hundred men who were with him, to the edge of the camp.”

[7:19]  ² tn Heb “that were in their hands.”

[21:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.”

[21:12]  ¹ tn Heb “who had not known a man with respect to the bed of a male.”