Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ¹  who were chosen ²  took supplies ³  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁴  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ⁵  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ⁶  were camped down below ⁷  in the valley.

Judges 9:2

9:2 “Tell ⁸  all the leaders of Shechem this: ‘Why would you want ⁹  to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal’s sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.’” ¹⁰ 

Judges 9:49

9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches ¹¹  against the stronghold and set fire to it. ¹²  All the people ¹³  of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

Judges 20:15

20:15 That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. ¹⁴ 

Judges 20:39

20:39 the Israelites counterattacked. ¹⁵  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ¹⁶  they struck down ¹⁷  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ¹⁸  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ¹⁹  caught ²⁰  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ²¹  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “The people.”

[7:8]  ² tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[7:8]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “tents.”

[7:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “Midian.”

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

[9:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “Speak into the ears of.”

[9:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “What good is it to you?”

[9:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your bone and your flesh.”

[9:49]  ¹⁵ tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:49]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”

[9:49]  ¹⁷ tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.

[20:15]  ²² tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered seven hundred choice men.”

[20:39]  ²⁹ tn Heb “turned in the battle.”

[20:39]  ³⁰ tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

[20:39]  ³¹ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[20:45]  ³⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ³⁷ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:45]  ³⁸ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

[20:45]  ³⁹ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”