Judges 7:22

7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords ¹  throughout ²  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ³  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Judges 17:2

17:2 He said to his mother, “You know ⁴  the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen ⁵  from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole ⁶  it, but now I am giving it back to you.” ⁷  His mother said, “May the Lord reward ⁸  you, my son!”

[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.

[17:2]  ⁴ tn The words “You know” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[17:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “taken.”

[17:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “took.”

[17:2]  ⁷ tn In the Hebrew text the statement, “but now I am giving it back to you,” appears at the end of v. 3 and is spoken by the mother. But v. 4 indicates that she did not give the money back to her son. Unless the statement is spoken by the woman to the LORD, it appears to be misplaced and fits much better in v. 2. It may have been accidentally omitted from a manuscript, written in the margin, and then later inserted in the wrong place in another manuscript.

[17:2]  ⁸ tn Traditionally, “bless.”