Discovery BoxJudges 1:25 
Context1:25 He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely.
Judges 2:10
Context2:10 That entire generation passed away; 1 a new generation grew up 2 that had not personally experienced the Lord’s presence or seen what he had done for Israel. 3
Judges 2:20
Context2:20 The Lord was furious with Israel. 4 He said, “This nation 5 has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors 6 by disobeying me. 7
Judges 2:23
Context2:23 This is why 8 the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; 9 he did not hand them over to Joshua.
Judges 3:4
Context3:4 They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. 10
Judges 3:13
Context3:13 Eglon formed alliances with 11 the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.
Judges 3:16
Context3:16 Ehud made himself a sword – it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. 12 He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh.
Judges 4:20
Context4:20 He said to her, “Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, ‘Is there a man here?’ say ‘No.’”
Judges 6:22
Context6:22 When Gideon realized 13 that it was the Lord’s messenger, he 14 said, “Oh no! 15 Master, Lord! 16 I have seen the Lord’s messenger face to face!”
Judges 6:40
Context6:40 That night God did as he asked. 17 Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.
Judges 7:17
Context7:17 He said to them, “Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! 18 I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!
Judges 8:2-3
Context8:2 He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes 19 are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! 20 8:3 It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” 21 When he said this, they calmed down. 22
Judges 8:8
Context8:8 He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. 23 The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. 24
Judges 8:12
Context8:12 When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon 25 chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised 26 their entire army.
Judges 8:35
Context8:35 They did not treat 27 the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.
Judges 9:23
Context9:23 God sent a spirit to stir up hostility 28 between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal 29 to Abimelech.
Judges 9:33
Context9:33 In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him.” 30
Judges 11:20
Context11:20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He 31 assembled his whole army, 32 camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
Judges 15:4
Context15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals 33 and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. 34
Judges 16:21
Context16:21 The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
Judges 17:5
Context17:5 Now this man Micah owned a shrine. 35 He made an ephod 36 and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. 37
Judges 17:7
Context17:7 There was a young man from Bethlehem 38 in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. 39
Judges 17:9
Context17:9 Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.” 40
Judges 18:15
Context18:15 They stopped 41 there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), 42 and asked him how he was doing. 43
Judges 18:26
Context18:26 The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized 44 they were too strong to resist, 45 he turned around and went home.
Judges 19:13
Context19:13 He said to his servant, 46 “Come on, we will go into one of the other towns 47 and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah.”
Judges 19:17
Context19:17 When he looked up and saw the traveler 48 in the town square, the old man said, “Where are you heading? Where do you come from?”
1 tn Heb “All that generation were gathered to their fathers.”
2 tn Heb “arose after them.”
3 tn Heb “that did not know the
4 tn Or “The
5 tn Heb “Because this nation.”
6 tn Heb “my covenant which I commanded their fathers.”
7 tn Heb “and has not listened to my voice.” The expression “to not listen to [God’s] voice” is idiomatic here for disobeying him.
8 tn The words “this is why” are interpretive.
9 tn Or “quickly.”
10 tn Heb “to know if they would hear the commands of the
11 tn Heb “and he gathered to him.”
12 tn The Hebrew term גֹּמֶד (gomed) denotes a unit of linear measure, perhaps a cubit (the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger – approximately 18 inches [45 cm]). Some suggest it is equivalent to the short cubit (the distance between the elbow and the knuckles of the clenched fist – approximately 13 inches [33 cm]) or to the span (the distance between the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger in a spread hand – approximately 9 inches [23 cm]). See BDB 167 s.v.; HALOT 196 s.v.; B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 142.
13 tn Heb “saw.”
14 tn Heb “Gideon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
15 tn Or “Ah!”
16 tn The Hebrew text reads אֲדֹנַי יְהוִה (’adonay yÿhvih, “Lord [the same title used in v. 15],
17 tn Heb “God did so that night.”
18 tn Or “look.”
19 tn Heb “gleanings.”
20 sn Ephraim’s leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest. Gideon employs an agricultural metaphor. He argues that Ephraim’s mopping up operations, though seemingly like the inferior grapes which are missed initially by the harvesters or left for the poor, are actually more noteworthy than the military efforts of Gideon’s family.
21 tn Heb “What was I able to do compared to you?”
22 tn Heb “Then their spirits relaxed from against him, when he spoke this word.”
23 tn Heb “and spoke to them in the same way.”
24 tn Heb “The men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth answered.”
25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
26 tn Or “routed”; Heb “caused to panic.”
27 tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”
28 tn Heb “an evil spirit.” A nonphysical, spirit being is in view, like the one who volunteered to deceive Ahab (1 Kgs 22:21). The traditional translation, “evil spirit,” implies the being is inherently wicked, perhaps even demonic, but this is not necessarily the case. The Hebrew adjective רָעַה (ra’ah) can have a nonethical sense, “harmful; dangerous; calamitous.” When modifying רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) it may simply indicate that the being in view causes harm to the object of God’s judgment. G. F. Moore (Judges [ICC], 253) here refers to a “mischief-making spirit.”
29 tn Heb “The leaders of Shechem were disloyal.” The words “he made” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
30 tn Heb “Look! He and the people who are with him will come out to you, and you will do to him what your hand finds [to do].”
31 tn Heb “Sihon.” The proper name (“Sihon”) has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) because of English style; a repetition of the proper name here would be redundant in English.
32 tn Heb “all his people” (also in the following verse).
33 tn Traditionally, “foxes.”
34 tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”
35 tn Heb “house of God.”
36 sn Here an ephod probably refers to a priestly garment (cf. Exod 28:4-6).
37 tn Heb “and he filled the hand of one of his sons and he became his priest.”
38 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
39 tn Heb “There was a young man from Bethlehem of Judah, from the tribe of Judah, and he was a Levite, and he was temporarily residing there.”
40 tn Heb “And I am going to reside in a place I can find.”
41 tn Heb “turned aside.”
42 tn Heb “Micah’s house.”
43 tn Heb “they asked him concerning peace.”
44 tn Heb “saw.”
45 tn Heb “they were stronger than he.”
46 tn Or “young man.”
47 tn Heb “we will enter one of the places.”
48 tn Heb “the man, the traveler.”
