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 6:15
Context6:15 Gideon 1 said to him, “But Lord, 2 how 3 can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family.” 4
Judges 8:35
Context8:35 They did not treat 5 the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel.
Judges 9:19
Context9:19 So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family 6 today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! 7
Judges 18:25
Context18:25 The Danites said to him, “Don’t say another word to us, or some very angry men 8 will attack you, and you and your family will die.” 9
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gideon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Note the switch to אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “Lord”). Gideon seems aware that he is speaking to someone other than, and superior to, the messenger, whom he addressed as אֲדֹנִי (’adoniy, “my lord”) in v. 13.
3 tn Heb “with what.”
4 tn Heb “in my father’s house.”
5 tn Heb “did not do loyalty with,” or “did not act faithfully toward.”
6 tn Heb “house.”
7 tn Heb “then rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.”
8 tn Heb “bitter in spirit.” This phrase is used in 2 Sam 17:8 of David and his warriors, who are compared to a bear robbed of her cubs.
9 tn Heb “and you will gather up your life and the life of your house.”
