Judges 7:2

7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. ¹  Israel might brag, ²  ‘Our own strength has delivered us.’ ³ 

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ⁴  who were chosen ⁵  took supplies ⁶  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁷  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ⁸  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ⁹  were camped down below ¹⁰  in the valley.

Judges 7:19

7:19 Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ¹¹  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. ¹² 

Judges 15:13

15:13 They said to him, “We promise! ¹³  We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you.” They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff.

Judges 16:18

16:18 When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, ¹⁴  she sent for ¹⁵  the rulers of the Philistines, saying, “Come up here again, for he has told me ¹⁶  his secret.” ¹⁷  So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the people who are with you are too numerous for me to give Midian into their hand.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “might glorify itself against me.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “my hand has delivered me.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “Midian.”

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

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

[7:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “that were in their hands.”

[15:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “No,” meaning that they will not harm him.

[16:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “she sent and summoned.”

[16:18]  ¹⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere, לִי (li, “to me”) rather than the Kethib, לָהּ (lah, “to her”).

[16:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “all his heart.”