Judges 1:28

1:28 Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

Judges 6:16

6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but ¹  I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” ² 

Judges 11:1

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. ³ 

Judges 18:21

18:21 They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions. ⁴ 

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¹ tn Or “certainly.”

² tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”

³ tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”

⁴ tn Heb “They turned and went and put the children, the cattle, and the possessions in front of them.”