Judges 8:23

8:23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.”

Judges 9:19

9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family ¹  today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! ² 

Judges 10:12

10:12 the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian ³  when they oppressed you? ⁴  You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. ⁵ 

Judges 18:10

18:10 When you invade, ⁶  you will encounter ⁷  unsuspecting people. The land is wide! ⁸  God is handing it over to you – a place that lacks nothing on earth!” ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”

³ tc The translation follows the LXX which reads “Midian”; the Hebrew text has “Maon.”

⁴ tn The words “Did I not deliver you” are interpretive. The Hebrew text simply reads, “Is it not from Egypt…when they oppressed you?” Perhaps the incomplete sentence reflects the Lord’s frustration.

⁵ tn Heb “hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “When you enter.”

⁷ tn Heb “you will come to.”

⁸ tn Heb “broad of hands,” an idiom meaning “wide on both sides.”

⁹ tn Heb “a place where there is no lack of anything that is in the earth.”