Judges 9:43-44

9:43 he took his men ¹  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ²  he attacked and struck them down. ³  9:44 Abimelech and his units ⁴  attacked and blocked ⁵  the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

Judges 18:27

18:27 Now the Danites ⁶  took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. ⁷ 

Judges 20:39

20:39 the Israelites counterattacked. ⁸  Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; ⁹  they struck down ¹⁰  about thirty men. They said, “There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

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¹ tn Heb “his people.”

² tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

³ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”

⁴ tn Or possibly, “the unit that was with him.”

⁵ tn Heb “stood [at].”

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Danites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn The Hebrew adds “with fire.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons, because it is redundant in English.

⁸ tn Heb “turned in the battle.”

⁹ tn Heb “And Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel.”

¹⁰ tn The words “they struck down” are supplied in the translation for clarification.