22:13 The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
1 tn Heb “According to your words, so it [will be].”
2 tn Heb “she sent them away and they went.”
3 tn Or “the place of ambush.”
4 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
5 tn Heb “and they stayed between Bethel and Ai, west of Ai.”
6 tn Heb “in the midst of the people.”
7 tn Heb “like my strength then, like my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.”
8 tn Heb “by that which I did in its midst.”
9 tn Traditionally, “the hornet” (so KJV, NKJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV) but the precise meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain (cf. NEB “panic”).
10 tn The LXX has “twelve,” apparently understanding this as a reference to Amorite kings west of the Jordan (see Josh 5:1, rather than the trans-Jordanian Amorite kings Sihon and Og (see Josh 2:10; 9:10).
11 tn Heb “and it drove them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites, not by your sword and not by your bow.” The words “I gave you the victory” are supplied for clarification.