Judges 9:51

9:51 There was a fortified ¹  tower ²  in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city’s leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower.

Judges 20:45

20:45 The rest ³  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ⁴  caught ⁵  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ⁶  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.

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¹ tn Or “strong.”

² tn Or “fortress.” The same Hebrew term occurs once more in this verse and twice in v. 52.

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn Heb “stuck close after them.”