Judges 7:10

7:10 But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant

Judges 8:17

8:17 He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city’s men.

Judges 8:29

8:29 Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down. ¹ 

Judges 9:53

9:53 a woman threw an upper millstone ²  down on his ³  head and shattered his skull.

Judges 14:1

Samson’s Unconsummated Marriage

14:1 Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. ⁴ 

Judges 15:17

15:17 When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down ⁵  and named that place Ramath Lehi. ⁶ 

Judges 20:21

20:21 The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “went and lived in his house.”

² sn A hand mill consisted of an upper stone and larger lower stone. One would turn the upper stone with a handle to grind the grain, which was placed between the stones. An upper millstone, which was typically about two inches thick and a foot or so in diameter, probably weighed 25-30 pounds (11.4-13.6 kg). See G. F. Moore, Judges (ICC), 268; C. F. Burney, Judges, 288.

³ tn Heb “Abimelech’s.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “his” in the translation in keeping with conventions of English narrative style.

⁴ tn Heb “and he saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines.”

⁵ tn Heb “from his hand.”

⁶ sn The name Ramath Lehi means “Height of the Jawbone.”

⁷ tn Heb “The sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and they struck down in Israel that day twenty-two thousand men to the ground.”