Judges 1:30

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

Judges 1:35

1:35 The Amorites managed ²  to remain in Har Heres, ³  Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, ⁴  the Amorites were forced to do hard labor.

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. ⁵ 

Judges 6:5

6:5 When they invaded ⁶  with their cattle and tents, they were as thick ⁷  as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. ⁸  They came to devour ⁹  the land.

Judges 9:8

9:8 “The trees were determined to go out ¹⁰  and choose a king for themselves. ¹¹  They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king!’ ¹² 

Judges 18:26

18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized ¹³  they were too strong to resist, ¹⁴  he turned around and went home.

Judges 20:16

20:16 Among this army ¹⁵  were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. ¹⁶  Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. ¹⁷ 

Judges 20:36

20:36 Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated.

The Israelites retreated before ¹⁸  Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

Judges 21:14

21:14 The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites ¹⁹  gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. ²⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “the people living in Kitron and the people living in Nahalol.”

² tn Or “were determined.”

³ tn Or “Mount Heres”; the term הַר (har) means “mount” or “mountain” in Hebrew.

⁴ tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”

⁵ tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the Lord which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.”

⁶ tn Heb “came up.”

⁷ tn Heb “numerous.”

⁸ tn Heb “To them and to their camels there was no number.”

⁹ tn Heb “destroy.” The translation “devour” carries through the imagery of a locust plague earlier in this verse.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Going they went, the trees.” The precise emphatic force of the infinitive absolute (“Going”) is not entirely clear. Perhaps here it indicates determination, as in Gen 31:30, where one might translate, “You have insisted on going away.”

¹¹ tn Heb “to anoint [with oil] over them a king.”

¹² tn Or “Rule over us!”

¹³ tn Heb “saw.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “And from all this people.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “seven hundred choice men, bound/restricted in the right hand.” On the significance of the idiom, “bound/restricted in the right hand,” see the translator’s note on 3:15.

¹⁷ tn “at a single hair and not miss.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “gave place to.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ tn Heb “but they did not find for them enough.”