Judges 4:22

4:22 Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, “Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for.” He went with her into the tent, ¹  and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead ²  with the tent peg in his temple.

Judges 9:54

9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, ³  “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, ⁴  ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.

Judges 12:1

Civil Strife Mars the Victory

12:1 The Ephraimites assembled ⁵  and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why did you go and fight ⁶  with the Ammonites without asking ⁷  us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!” ⁸ 

Judges 13:7

13:7 He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. ⁹  So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. ¹⁰  For the child will be dedicated ¹¹  to God from birth till the day he dies.’”

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¹ tn Heb “he went to her.”

² tn Heb “fallen, dead.”

³ tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn Heb “the men of Ephraim were summoned [or “were mustered”].”

⁶ tn Heb “cross over to fight.”

⁷ tn Or “calling”; or “summoning.”

⁸ tn Heb “Your house we will burn over you with fire.”

⁹ tn See the note on the word “son” in 13:5, where this same statement occurs.

¹⁰ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”

¹¹ tn Traditionally “a Nazirite.”