Judges 10:6

The Lord’s Patience Runs Short

10:6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹  They worshiped ²  the Baals and the Ashtars, ³  as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, ⁴  Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. ⁵  They abandoned the Lord and did not worship ⁶  him.

Judges 20:31

20:31 The Benjaminites attacked ⁷  the army, leaving the city unguarded. ⁸  They began to strike down their enemy ⁹  just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, ¹⁰  the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down ¹¹  about thirty Israelites.

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ¹²  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ¹³  caught ¹⁴  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ¹⁵  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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¹ tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”

² tn Or “served;” or “followed.”

³ sn The Ashtars were local manifestations of the goddess Ashtar (i.e., Astarte).

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

⁵ tn Heb “the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines.”

⁶ tn Or “serve”; or “follow.”

⁷ tn Heb “went out to meet.”

⁸ tn Heb “and they were drawn away from the city.”

⁹ tn Heb “from the army wounded ones.”

¹⁰ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

¹¹ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

¹² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

¹⁵ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”