Discovery BoxJudges 1:7 
Context1:7 Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up 1 food scraps 2 under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” 3 They brought him to Jerusalem, 4 where he died.
Judges 2:19
Context2:19 When a leader died, the next generation 5 would again 6 act more wickedly than the previous one. 7 They would follow after other gods, worshiping them 8 and bowing down to them. They did not give up 9 their practices or their stubborn ways.
Judges 3:9
Context3:9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he 10 raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued 11 them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother. 12
Judges 3:20
Context3:20 When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated 13 upper room all by himself. Ehud said, “I have a message from God 14 for you.” When Eglon rose up from his seat, 15
Judges 4:5
Context4:5 She would sit 16 under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel 17 in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. 18
Judges 4:9
Context4:9 She said, “I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame 19 on the expedition you are undertaking, 20 for the Lord will turn Sisera over to a woman.” 21 Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges 4:19
Context4:19 He said to her, “Give me a little water to drink, because I’m thirsty.” She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.
Judges 6:8
Context6:8 he 22 sent a prophet 23 to the Israelites. He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I brought you up from Egypt 24 and took you out of that place of slavery. 25
Judges 6:21
Context6:21 The Lord’s messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. 26 Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord’s messenger then disappeared. 27
Judges 6:28
Context6:28 When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw 28 the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar.
Judges 6:35
Context6:35 He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. 29 He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him.
Judges 7:1
Context7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men 30 got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. 31 The Midianites 32 were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.
Judges 7:15
Context7:15 When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. 33 Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, “Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!”
Judges 10:1
Context10:1 After Abimelech’s death, 34 Tola son of Puah, grandson 35 of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, 36 rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country.
Judges 11:31
Context11:31 then whoever is the first to come through 37 the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites – he 38 will belong to the Lord and 39 I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”
Judges 12:3
Context12:3 When I saw that you were not going to help, 40 I risked my life 41 and advanced against 42 the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up 43 to fight with me today?”
Judges 13:11
Context13:11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met 44 the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” 45 He said, “Yes.” 46
Judges 14:4
Context14:4 Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord’s doing, 47 because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines 48 (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel).
Judges 15:5
Context15:5 He lit the torches 49 and set the jackals loose in the Philistines’ standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Judges 15:10
Context15:10 The men of Judah said, “Why are you attacking 50 us?” The Philistines 51 said, “We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us.”
Judges 16:7
Context16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh 52 bowstrings 53 that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
Judges 16:20
Context16:20 She said, “The Philistines are here, 54 Samson!” He woke up 55 and thought, 56 “I will do as I did before 57 and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the Lord had left him.
Judges 19:5
Context19:5 On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. 58 But the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Have a bite to eat for some energy, 59 then you can go.”
Judges 19:8
Context19:8 He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl’s father said, “Get some energy. 60 Wait until later in the day to leave!” 61 So they ate a meal together.
Judges 20:6
Context20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces 62 throughout the territory occupied by Israel, 63 because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity 64 in Israel.
Judges 20:23
Context20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we 65 again march out to fight 66 the Benjaminites, our brothers?” 67 The Lord said, “Attack them!” 68
Judges 20:33
Context20:33 69 All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah.
Judges 21:19
Context21:19 However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel 70 (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah.”
1 tn Elsewhere this verb usually carries the sense of “to gather; to pick up; to glean,” but “lick up” seems best here in light of the peculiar circumstances described by Adoni-Bezek.
2 tn The words “food scraps” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
3 tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant.
4 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
5 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the next generation) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The verb שׁוּב (shuv, “to return; to turn”) is sometimes translated “turn back” here, but it is probably used in an adverbial sense, indicating that the main action (“act wickedly”) is being repeated.
7 tn Heb “their fathers.”
sn The statement the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one must refer to the successive sinful generations after Joshua, not Joshua’s godly generation (cf. vv. 7, 17).
8 tn Or “serving [them]”; or “following [them].”
9 tn Or “drop.”
10 tn Heb “the
11 tn Or “delivered.”
12 tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel is Caleb’s nephew).
13 tn Or “cool.” This probably refers to a room with latticed windows which allowed the breeze to pass through. See B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 144.
14 tn Heb “word of [i.e., from] God.”
15 tn Or “throne.”
16 tn That is, “consider legal disputes.”
17 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
18 tn Heb “for judgment.”
19 tn Or “honor.”
20 tn Heb “on [account of (?)] the way which you are walking.” Another option is to translate, “due to the way you are going about this.” In this case direct reference is made to Barak’s hesitancy as the reason for his loss of glory.
21 tn Heb “for into the hands of a woman the
22 tn Heb “the
23 tn Heb “a man, a prophet.” Hebrew idiom sometimes puts a generic term before a more specific designation.
24 tc Some ancient witnesses read “from the land of Egypt.” מֵאֶרֶץ (me’erets, “from the land [of]”) could have been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton (note the following מִמִּצְרַיִם [mimmitsrayim, “from Egypt”]).
25 tn Heb “of the house of slavery.”
26 tn Heb “extended the tip of the staff which was in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread.”
27 tn Heb “went from his eyes.”
28 tn Heb “look!” The narrator uses this word to invite his audience/readers to view the scene through the eyes of the men.
29 tn Heb “and he also was summoned after him.”
30 tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”
31 sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”
32 tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).
33 tn Heb “he bowed down” or “worshiped.”
34 tn The word “death” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
35 tn Heb “son.”
36 tn Heb “a man of Issachar.”
37 tn Heb “the one coming out, who comes out from.” The text uses a masculine singular participle with prefixed article, followed by a relative pronoun and third masculine singular verb. The substantival masculine singular participle הַיּוֹצֵא (hayyotse’, “the one coming out”) is used elsewhere of inanimate objects (such as a desert [Num 21:13] or a word [Num 32:24]) or persons (Jer 5:6; 21:9; 38:2). In each case context must determine the referent. Jephthah may have envisioned an animal meeting him, since the construction of Iron Age houses would allow for an animal coming through the doors of a house (see R. G. Boling, Judges [AB], 208). But the fact that he actually does offer up his daughter indicates the language of the vow is fluid enough to encompass human beings, including women. He probably intended such an offering from the very beginning, but he obviously did not expect his daughter to meet him first.
38 tn The language is fluid enough to include women and perhaps even animals, but the translation uses the masculine pronoun because the Hebrew form is grammatically masculine.
39 tn Some translate “or,” suggesting that Jephthah makes a distinction between humans and animals. According to this view, if a human comes through the door, then Jephthah will commit him/her to the
40 tn Heb “you were no deliverer.” Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the LXX has “no one was helping.”
41 tn Heb “I put my life in my hand.”
42 tn Heb “crossed over to.”
43 tn The Hebrew adds “against me” here. This is redundant in English and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
44 tn Heb “came to.”
45 tn Heb “the woman.”
46 tn Heb “I [am].”
47 tn Heb “this was from the LORD.”
48 tn Heb “for an opportunity he was seeking from the Philistines.”
49 tn Heb “He set fire to the torches.”
50 tn Or “come up against.”
51 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
52 tn Or “moist.”
53 tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.
54 tn Heb “are upon you.”
55 tn The Hebrew adds, “from his sleep.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
56 tn Heb “and said.”
57 tn Heb “I will go out as before.”
58 tn Heb “and he arose to go.”
59 tn Heb “Sustain your heart [with] a bit of food.”
60 tn Heb “Sustain your heart.” He is once more inviting him to stay for a meal.
61 tn Heb “Wait until the declining of the day.”
62 tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”
63 tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”
64 tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”
65 tn Heb “I” (collective singular).
66 tn Heb “approach for battle.”
67 tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).
68 tn Heb “Go up against him” (collective singular).
69 sn Verses 33-36a give a condensed account of the battle from this point on, while vv. 36b-48 offer a more detailed version of how the ambush contributed to Gibeah’s defeat.
70 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
