Judges 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ¹  and devoured ²  its crops ³  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁴  and they took away ⁵  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

Judges 9:1

Abimelech Murders His Brothers

9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. ⁶  He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, ⁷ 

Judges 20:6

20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces ⁸  throughout the territory occupied by Israel, ⁹  because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity ¹⁰  in Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “They encamped against them.”

² tn Heb “destroyed.”

³ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

⁴ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

⁵ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁶ tn Heb “brothers.”

⁷ tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”

⁸ tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”

⁹ tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”