Judges 1:7

1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up ¹  food scraps ²  under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” ³  They brought him to Jerusalem, ⁴  where he died.

Judges 4:5

4:5 She would sit ⁵  under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel ⁶  in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. ⁷ 

Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ⁸  supported ⁹  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ¹⁰ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ¹¹  heart searching. ¹² 

Judges 9:15

9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose ¹³  me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! ¹⁴  Otherwise ¹⁵  may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

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¹ tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.

² tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

³ tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”

⁶ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

⁷ tn Heb “for judgment.”

⁸ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁹ tn Or “was true to.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “at his feet.”

¹¹ tn Heb “great was.”

¹² tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

¹³ tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”

¹⁴ tn Heb “in my shade.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “If not.”