Judges 2:18

2:18 When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people 1  from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them 2  when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them. 3 

Judges 19:29-30

19:29 When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. 4  Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. 5  19:30 Everyone who saw the sight 6  said, “Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since 7  the Israelites left the land of Egypt! 8  Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!”

1 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn The phrase “for them” is supplied in the translation for clarity.

3 tn Heb “the ones oppressing them and afflicting them.” The synonyms “oppressing” and “afflicting” are joined together in the translation as “harsh oppressors” to emphasize the cruel character of their enemies.

4 tn Heb “he carved her up by her bones into twelve pieces.”

5 tn Heb “and he sent her through all the territory of Israel.”

6 tn The words “the sight” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

7 tn Heb “from the day.”

8 tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the following additional words: “And he instructed the men whom he sent out, ‘Thus you will say to every male Israelite: “There has never been anything like this from the day the Israelites left Egypt till the present day.”’”