Judges 9:10

9:10 “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’ ¹ 

Judges 9:12

9:12 “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’ ² 

Judges 5:19

5:19 Kings came, they fought;

the kings of Canaan fought,

at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, ³ 

but ⁴  they took no silver as plunder.

Judges 8:12

8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon ⁵  chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised ⁶  their entire army.

Judges 8:5

8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give ⁷  some loaves of bread to the men ⁸  who are following me, ⁹  because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Judges 8:26

8:26 The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. ¹⁰  This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, ¹¹  purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. ¹² 

[9:10]  ¹ tn Or “and rule over us!”

[9:12]  ² tn Or “and rule over us!”

[5:19]  ³ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

[5:19]  ⁴ tn The contrastive conjunction “but” is interpretive.

[8:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:12]  ⁵ tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”

[8:5]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “sell.”

[8:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.

[8:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “who are at my feet.”

[8:26]  ⁶ sn Seventeen hundred gold shekels would be about 42.7 pounds (19.4 kilograms) of gold.

[8:26]  ⁷ tn Or “pendants.”

[8:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “the ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.”