4:23 That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.
9:10 “So the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’ 2
9:12 “So the trees said to the grapevine, ‘You come and be our king!’ 3
9:14 “So all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘You come and be our king!’ 4
1 tn Or “the Israelites served Eglon.”
2 tn Or “and rule over us!”
3 tn Or “and rule over us!”
4 tn Or “and rule over us!”
5 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
6 tn Heb “Each was doing what was right in his [own] eyes.”
sn Each man did what he considered to be right. The Book of Judges closes with this note, which summarizes the situation of the Israelite tribes during this period.