Judges 1:22

Partial Success

1:22 When the men ¹  of Joseph attacked ²  Bethel, ³  the Lord was with them.

Judges 2:16

2:16 The Lord raised up leaders ⁴  who delivered them from these robbers. ⁵ 

Judges 10:7

10:7 The Lord was furious with Israel ⁶  and turned them over to ⁷  the Philistines and Ammonites.

Judges 15:3

15:3 Samson said to them, ⁸  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “house.” This is a metonymy for the warriors from the tribe.

² tn Heb “went up.”

³ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁴ tn Or more traditionally, “judges” (also in vv. 17, 18 [3x], 19). Since these figures carried out more than a judicial function, also serving as rulers and (in several instances) as military commanders, the translation uses the term “leaders.”

⁵ tn Heb “and they delivered them from the hand of the ones robbing them.”

⁶ tn Or “the Lord’s anger burned [or “raged”] against Israel.”

⁷ tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”

⁸ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the singular “to him.”

⁹ tn Heb “I am innocent this time from the Philistines when I do with them harm.”