Judges 7:22

7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords ¹  throughout ²  the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went ³  to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.

Judges 18:7

18:7 So the five men journeyed on ⁴  and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there ⁵  were living securely, like the Sidonians do, ⁶  undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. ⁷  They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. ⁸ 

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ⁹  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ¹⁰  caught ¹¹  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ¹²  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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¹ tn Heb “the Lord set the sword of each one against his friend.”

² tc MT has “and throughout the camp,” but the conjunction (“and”) is due to dittography and should be dropped. Compare the ancient versions, which lack the conjunction here.

³ tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Or “went.”

⁵ tn Heb “who were in its midst.”

⁶ tn Heb “according to the custom of the Sidonians.”

⁷ tn Heb “and there was no one humiliating anything in the land, one taking possession [by] force.”

⁸ tc Heb “and a thing there was not to them with men.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX and Symmachus read “Syria” here rather than the MT’s “men.” This reading presupposes a Hebrew Vorlage אֲרָם (’aram, “Aram,” i.e., Arameans) rather than the MT reading אָדָם (’adam). This reading is possibly to be preferred over the MT.

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.

¹² tn Heb “stuck close after them.”