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 5:6

5:6 In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,

in the days of Jael caravans ³  disappeared; ⁴ 

travelers ⁵  had to go on winding side roads.

Judges 5:12

5:12 Wake up, wake up, Deborah!

Wake up, wake up, sing a song!

Get up, Barak!

Capture your prisoners of war, ⁶  son of Abinoam!

Judges 6:29

6:29 They said to one another, ⁷  “Who did this?” ⁸  They investigated the matter thoroughly ⁹  and concluded ¹⁰  that Gideon son of Joash had done it.

Judges 8:20

8:20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! ¹¹  Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, ¹²  because he was still young.

Judges 8:22-23

Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod

8:22 The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us – you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.” ¹³  8:23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.”

Judges 8:32

8:32 Gideon son of Joash died at a very ¹⁴  old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 9:35

9:35 When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city’s gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places.

Judges 9:57

9:57 God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell ¹⁵  on them.

Judges 11:25

11:25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? ¹⁶ 

Judges 12:15

12:15 Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Judges 13:3

13:3 The Lord’s angelic ¹⁷  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ¹⁸  are infertile and childless, ¹⁹  but you will conceive and have a son.

Judges 13:24

13:24 Manoah’s wife ²⁰  gave birth to a son and named him Samson. ²¹  The child grew and the Lord empowered ²²  him.

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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 tc The translation assumes the form אֳרְחוֹת (’orÿkhot, “caravans”) rather than אֳרָחוֹת (’orakhot, “roadways”) because it makes a tighter parallel with “travelers” in the next line.

⁴ tn Or “ceased.”

⁵ tn Heb “Ones walking on paths.”

⁶ tn Heb “take captive your captives.” (The Hebrew text uses a cognate accusative here.)

⁷ tn Heb “each one to his neighbor.”

⁸ tn Heb “this thing.”

⁹ tn Heb “they inquired and searched.” The synonyms are joined to emphasize the care with which they conducted their inquiry.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and said.” Perhaps the plural subject is indefinite. If so, it could be translated, “they were told.”

¹¹ tn Or “Arise!”

¹² tn Heb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”

¹³ tn Heb “hand.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “good.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “came.”

¹⁶ tn The Hebrew grammatical constructions of all three rhetorical questions indicate emphasis, which “really” and “dare to” are intended to express in the translation.

sn Jephthah argues that the Ammonite king should follow the example of Balak, who, once thwarted in his attempt to bring a curse on Israel, refused to attack Israel and returned home (Num 22-24).

¹⁷ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

¹⁸ tn Heb “Look, you.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

²⁰ tn Heb “the woman.” For clarity this has been specified in the translation as “Manoah’s wife.”

²¹ tn The name appears to mean “sun-like” or “solar.”

²² tn Traditionally, “blessed.”