Discovery BoxJudges 1:28 
Context1:28 Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.
Judges 6:16
Context6:16 The Lord said to him, “Ah, but 1 I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army.” 2
Judges 11:1
Context11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. 3
Judges 18:21
Context18:21 They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions. 4
1 tn Or “certainly.”
2 tn Heb “You will strike down Midian as one man.” The idiom “as one man” emphasizes the collective unity of a group (see Judg 20:8, 11). Here it may carry the force, “as if they were just one man.”
3 tn Heb “Now he was the son of a woman, a prostitute, and Gilead fathered Jephthah.”
4 tn Heb “They turned and went and put the children, the cattle, and the possessions in front of them.”
