5:19 Kings came, they fought;
the kings of Canaan fought,
at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, 1
but 2 they took no silver as plunder.
6:22 When Gideon realized 3 that it was the Lord’s messenger, he 4 said, “Oh no! 5 Master, Lord! 6 I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”
1 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.
2 tn The contrastive conjunction “but” is interpretive.
3 tn Heb “saw.”
4 tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Or “Ah!”
6 tn The Hebrew text reads אֲדֹנַי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih, “Lord [the same title used in v. 15],
7 tn Heb “And the man took her on the donkey and arose and went to his place.”