Judges 1:19

1:19 The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered 1  the hill country, but they could not 2  conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. 3 

Judges 4:3

4:3 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera 4  had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, 5  and he cruelly 6  oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.

Judges 4:13

4:13 he 7  ordered 8  all his chariotry – nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels – and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the River Kishon.

1 tn Or “seized possession of”; or “occupied.”

2 tc Several textual witnesses support the inclusion of this verb.

3 tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

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

5 tn Regarding the translation “chariots with iron-rimmed wheels,” see Y. Yadin, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands, 255, and the article by R. Drews, “The ‘Chariots of Iron’ of Joshua and Judges,” JSOT 45 (1989): 15-23.

6 tn Heb “with strength.”

7 tn Heb “Sisera.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

8 tn Or “summoned.”