Judges 1:13

1:13 When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, ¹  captured it, Caleb ²  gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife.

Judges 3:4

3:4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. ³ 

Judges 7:16

7:16 He divided the three hundred men into three units. ⁴  He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. ⁵ 

Judges 13:24

13:24 Manoah’s wife ⁶  gave birth to a son and named him Samson. ⁷  The child grew and the Lord empowered ⁸  him.

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ⁹  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel was Caleb’s nephew; so CEV).

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Caleb) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”

⁴ tn Heb “heads.”

⁵ tn Heb “the jars.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“them”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

sn They hid the torches inside the earthenware jars to disguise their approach and to keep the torches from being extinguished by the breeze.

⁶ tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”

⁷ tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”

⁸ tn Traditionally, “blessed.”

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”