Judges 8:18

8:18 He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me ¹  the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” ² 

Judges 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ³  of the land. A unit ⁴  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ⁵ 

Judges 16:7

16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh ⁶  bowstrings ⁷  that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”

Judges 16:11

16:11 He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, ⁸  I will become weak and be just like any other man.”

Judges 17:5

17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ⁹  He made an ephod ¹⁰  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ¹¹ 

Judges 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ¹²  and from the land of Gilead ¹³  left their homes ¹⁴  and assembled together ¹⁵  before the Lord at Mizpah.

Judges 20:8

20:8 All Israel rose up in unison ¹⁶  and said, “Not one of us will go home! ¹⁷  Not one of us will return ¹⁸  to his house!

Judges 21:3

21:3 They said, “Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire ¹⁹  tribe has disappeared from Israel today!”

[8:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Where are?”

[8:18]  ² tn Heb “each one like the appearance of sons of the king.”

[9:37]  ³ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

[9:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “head.”

[9:37]  ⁵ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.

[16:7]  ⁵ tn Or “moist.”

[16:7]  ⁶ tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.

[16:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “with which no work has been done.”

[17:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “house of God.”

[17:5]  ¹⁰ sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).

[17:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”

[20:1]  ¹¹ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

[20:1]  ¹² sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

[20:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “went out.”

[20:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

[20:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “as one man.”

[20:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “to his tent.”

[20:8]  ¹⁵ tn Or “turn aside.”

[21:3]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “one.”