Judges 4:16

4:16 Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera’s whole army died ¹  by the edge of the sword; not even one survived! ² 

Judges 7:21

7:21 They stood in order ³  all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. ⁴ 

Judges 8:27

8:27 Gideon used all this to make ⁵  an ephod, ⁶  which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites ⁷  prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it ⁸  there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.

Judges 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ⁹  and from the land of Gilead ¹⁰  left their homes ¹¹  and assembled together ¹²  before the Lord at Mizpah.

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¹ tn Heb “fell.”

² tn Heb “was left.”

³ tn Heb “each in his place.”

⁴ tn Or “fled.”

⁵ tn Heb “made it into.”

⁶ sn In Exod 28:4-6 and several other texts an ephod is described as a priestly or cultic garment. In some cases an ephod is used to obtain a divine oracle (1 Sam 23:9; 30:7). Here the ephod is made of gold and is described as being quite heavy (70-75 lbs?). Some identify it as an idol, but it was more likely a cultic object fashioned in the form of a garment which was used for oracular purposes. For discussion of the ephod in the OT, see C. F. Burney, Judges, 236-43, and R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 349-52.

⁷ tn Heb “Israel” (a collective singular).

⁸ tn The words “by worshiping it” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

¹⁰ sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

¹¹ tn Heb “went out.”

¹² tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”