Judges 3:17

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

Judges 3:26

3:26 Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

Judges 9:32

9:32 Now, come up ¹  at night with your men ²  and set an ambush in the field outside the city. ³ 

Judges 11:1

11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. ⁴ 

Judges 13:12

13:12 Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, ⁵  how should the child be raised and what should he do?” ⁶ 

Judges 16:10

16:10 Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you deceived ⁷  me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued.”

Judges 17:13

17:13 Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, ⁸  because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 20:9

20:9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “arise.”

² tn Heb “you and the people who are with you.”

³ tn The words “outside the city” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”

⁵ tn Heb “Now, [when] your word comes [to pass].”

⁶ tn Heb “what will be the child’s rule [i.e., way of life] and his work?”

⁷ tn See Gen 31:7; Exod 8:29 [8:25 HT]; Job 13:9; Isa 44:20; Jer 9:4 for other uses of this Hebrew word (II תָּלַל, talal), which also occurs in v. 13.

⁸ tn Heb “do good for me.”

⁹ tn Heb “against her by lot.” The verb “we will go up” (נַעֲלֶה, na’aleh) has probably been accidentally omitted before “against her” (עָלֶיהָ, ’aleha).

sn As the lot dictates. The Israelite soldiers intended to cast lots to determine which tribe would lead the battle charge (see v. 18).