20:22 The Israelite army 12 took heart 13 and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before.
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 sn The statement to this very day reflects the perspective of the author, who must have written prior to David’s conquest of the Jebusites (see 2 Sam 5:6-7).
3 tn Heb “the man.”
4 tn Or “sinned against you.”
5 tn Or “evil.”
6 tn Heb “and said to him.” This phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “Look.”
8 tn Heb “came to.”
9 tn Or “Mahaneh Dan”; the Hebrew term “Mahaneh” means “camp [of].” Many English versions retain the transliterated Hebrew expression, but cf. CEV “Dan’s Camp.”
10 tn Heb “behind.”
11 tn Heb “besides from the ones living in Gibeah they mustered seven hundred choice men.”
12 tn Heb “The people, the men of Israel.”
13 tn Or “encouraged one another.”