Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Judges 7:8

7:8 The men ⁶  who were chosen ⁷  took supplies ⁸  and their trumpets. Gideon ⁹  sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; ¹⁰  he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites ¹¹  were camped down below ¹²  in the valley.

Judges 8:10

8:10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed. ¹³ 

Judges 16:27

16:27 Now the temple ¹⁴  was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.

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¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Or “was true to.”

³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “The people.”

⁷ tn The words “who were chosen” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁸ tn The Hebrew text has “in their hands.”

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “tents.”

¹¹ tn Heb “Midian.”

¹² tn The Hebrew text adds “him” (i.e., Gideon).

¹³ tn Heb “About fifteen thousand [in number] were all the ones remaining from the army of the sons of the east. The fallen ones were a hundred and twenty thousand [in number], men drawing the sword.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “house.”