Judges 1:21

1:21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. ¹  The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. ² 

Judges 1:30-31

1:30 The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. ³  The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor.

1:31 The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, ⁴  nor did they conquer Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob. ⁵ 

Judges 1:34

1:34 The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in ⁶  the coastal plain.

Judges 2:6

The End of an Era

2:6 When Joshua dismissed ⁷  the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, ⁸  intending to take possession of the land.

Judges 2:9

2:9 The people ⁹  buried him in his allotted land ¹⁰  in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

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. ¹¹ 

Judges 5:9

5:9 My heart went out ¹²  to Israel’s leaders,

to the people who answered the call to war.

Praise the Lord!

Judges 6:33

Gideon Summons an Army and Seeks Confirmation

6:33 All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east ¹³  assembled. They crossed the Jordan River ¹⁴  and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Judges 11:11

11:11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement ¹⁵  before the Lord in Mizpah.

Judges 11:23

11:23 Since ¹⁶  the Lord God of Israel has driven out ¹⁷  the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? ¹⁸ 

Judges 18:10

18:10 When you invade, ¹⁹  you will encounter ²⁰  unsuspecting people. The land is wide! ²¹  God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” ²² 

Judges 21:4

21:4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. ²³ 

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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 people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”

⁴ map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

⁵ tn Heb “The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco, the people living in Sidon, Ahlab, Acco, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob.”

⁶ tn Heb “come down into.”

⁷ tn Or “sent away.”

⁸ tn Heb “the Israelites went each to his inheritance.”

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

¹⁰ tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”

¹² tn The words “went out” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east.”

¹⁴ tn The words “the Jordan River” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹⁵ tn Heb “spoke all his words.” This probably refers to the “words” recorded in v. 9. Jephthah repeats the terms of the agreement at the Lord’s sanctuary, perhaps to ratify the contract or to emphasize the Gileadites’ obligation to keep their part of the bargain. Another option is to translate, “Jephthah conducted business before the Lord in Mizpah.” In this case, the statement is a general reference to the way Jephthah ruled. He recognized the Lord’s authority and made his decisions before the Lord.

¹⁶ tn Heb “Now.”

¹⁷ tn Or “dispossessed.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “will you dispossess him [i.e., Israel; or possibly “it,” i.e., the territory]?” There is no interrogative marker in the Hebrew text.

¹⁹ tn Heb “When you enter.”

²⁰ tn Heb “you will come to.”

²¹ tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”

²² tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”

²³ tn Or “peace offerings.”