Judges 2:21

2:21 So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died.

Judges 3:17

3:17 He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.)

Judges 3:23

3:23 As Ehud went out into the vestibule,¹ he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

Judges 3:31

3:31 After Ehud² came³ Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud,⁴ delivered Israel.

Judges 5:25

5:25 He asked for water,

and she gave him milk;

in a bowl fit for a king,⁵

she served him curds.

Judges 6:34

6:34 The Lord’s spirit took control of⁶ Gideon. He blew a trumpet,⁷ summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.⁸

Judges 8:9

8:9 He also threatened⁹ the men of Penuel, warning,¹⁰ “When I return victoriously,¹¹ I will tear down this tower.”

Judges 9:17

9:17 my father fought for you; he risked his life¹² and delivered you from Midian’s power.¹³

Judges 9:52

9:52 Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire,

Judges 9:56

9:56 God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers.¹⁴

Judges 12:7

12:7 Jephthah led¹⁵ Israel for six years; then he¹⁶ died and was buried in his city in Gilead.¹⁷

Judges 13:12

13:12 Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true,¹⁸ how should the child be raised and what should he do?”¹⁹

Judges 14:11

14:11 When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company.²⁰

Judges 16:1

Samson’s Downfall

16:1 Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her.²¹

Judges 18:20

18:20 The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.²²

Judges 19:21

19:21 So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.²³

¹tn Again the precise meaning of the Hebrew word, used only here in the OT, is uncertain. Since it is preceded by the verb “went out” and the next clause refers to Ehud closing doors, the noun is probably an architectural term referring to the room (perhaps a vestibule; see HALOT 604 s.v. מִסְדְּרוֹן) immediately outside the king’s upper chamber. As v. 24 indicates, this vestibule separated the upper room from an outer room where the king's servants were waiting.

²tn Heb “him”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³tn Heb “was.”

⁴tn Heb “also he”; the referent (Ehud) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Or “for mighty ones.”

⁶tn Heb “clothed.”

⁷tn That is, “mustered an army.”

⁸tn Heb “Abiezer was summoned after him.”

⁹tn Heb “said to.” The translation “threatened” is interpretive, but is clearly indicated by the context.

¹⁰tn Heb “saying.”

¹¹tn Or “safely.” Heb “in peace.”

¹²tc Heb “threw his life out in front,” that is, “exposed himself to danger.” The MT form מִנֶּגֶד (minneged, “from before”) should probably be read as מִנֶּגְדּוֹ (minnegdo, “from before him”); haplography of vav has likely occurred here in the MT.

¹³tn Heb “hand.”

¹⁴tn Heb “seventy brothers.”

¹⁵tn Traditionally, “judged.”

¹⁶tn Heb “Jephthah the Gileadite.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁷tc The Hebrew text has “in the cities of Gilead.” The present translation has support from some ancient Greek textual witnesses.

¹⁸tn Heb “Now, [when] your word comes [to pass].”

¹⁹tn Heb “what will be the child’s rule [i.e., way of life] and his work?”

²⁰tn Heb “When they saw him, they gave him thirty companions and they were with him.” Instead of כִּרְאוֹתָם (kir’otam, “when they saw”) some ancient witnesses (e.g., some mss of the LXX) assume the reading בְּיִרְאָתָם (bÿyir’atam, “because they feared”).

²¹tn Heb “and he went in to her.” The idiom בּוֹא אֶל (bo’ ’el, “to go to”) often has sexual connotations.

²²tn Heb “and went into the midst of the people.”

²³tn Heb “ate and drank.”