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 2:2
Context2:2 but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.’ 5 But you have disobeyed me. 6 Why would you do such a thing? 7
Judges 3:28
Context3:28 He said to them, “Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” 8 They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River 9 opposite Moab, 10 and did not let anyone cross.
Judges 4:18-19
Context4:18 Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, “Stop and rest, 11 my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don’t be afraid.” So Sisera 12 stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him. 4:19 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 6:10
Context6:10 I said to you, “I am the Lord your God! Do not worship 13 the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’” 14
Judges 6:24
Context6:24 Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it “The Lord is on friendly terms with me.” 15 To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 8:5
Context8:5 He said to the men of Succoth, “Give 16 some loaves of bread to the men 17 who are following me, 18 because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Judges 8:18
Context8:18 He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Describe for me 19 the men you killed at Tabor.” They said, “They were like you. Each one looked like a king’s son.” 20
Judges 8:24
Context8:24 Gideon continued, 21 “I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.” 22 (The Midianites 23 had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
Judges 9:7
Context9:7 When Jotham heard the news, 24 he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, 25 “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
Judges 9:15
Context9:15 The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to choose 26 me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! 27 Otherwise 28 may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’
Judges 9:54
Context9:54 He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, 29 “Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, 30 ‘A woman killed him.’” So the young man stabbed him and he died.
Judges 11:31
Context11:31 then whoever is the first to come through 31 the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites – he 32 will belong to the Lord and 33 I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”
Judges 11:36
Context11:36 She said to him, “My father, since 34 you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. 35 After all, the Lord vindicated you before 36 your enemies, the Ammonites.”
Judges 12:2
Context12:2 Jephthah said to them, “My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. 37 I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. 38
Judges 12:5
Context12:5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River 39 opposite Ephraim. 40 Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive 41 said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead asked 42 him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”
Judges 16:7
Context16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh 43 bowstrings 44 that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
Judges 16:11
Context16:11 He said to her, “If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, 45 I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
Judges 16:30
Context16:30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” He pushed hard 46 and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. 47
Judges 18:24
Context18:24 He said, “You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, ‘What do you want?’” 48
Judges 19:19
Context19:19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, 49 and the young man who is with your servants. 50 We lack nothing.”
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 “their altars.”
6 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
7 tn Heb “What is this you have done?”
8 tn Heb “for the Lord has given your enemies, Moab, into your hand.” The verb form (a Hebrew perfect, indicating completed action from the standpoint of the speaker) emphasizes the certainty of the event. Though it had not yet taken place, the
9 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied for clarity.
10 tn Or “against Moab,” that is, so as to prevent the Moabites from crossing.
11 tn Heb “Turn aside” (also a second time later in this verse).
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sisera) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “Do not fear.”
14 tn Heb “you have not listened to my voice.”
15 tn Heb “The
16 tn Or perhaps, “sell.”
17 tn Heb “people.” The translation uses “men” because these were warriors and in ancient Israelite culture would have been exclusively males.
18 tn Heb “who are at my feet.”
19 tn Heb “Where are?”
20 tn Heb “each one like the appearance of sons of the king.”
21 tn Heb “said to them.”
22 tn Heb “Give to me, each one, an earring from his plunder.”
23 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Midianites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
24 tn Heb “And they reported to Jotham.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.
25 tn Heb “He lifted his voice and called and said to them.”
26 tn Heb “are about to anoint [with oil].”
27 tn Heb “in my shade.”
28 tn Heb “If not.”
29 tn The Hebrew text adds, “and said to him.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
30 tn The Hebrew text adds, “concerning me.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
31 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.
32 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.
33 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
34 tn The conjunction “since” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
35 tn Heb “you opened your mouth to the
36 tn Or “has given you vengeance against.”
37 tn Heb A man of great strife I was and my people and the Ammonites.”
38 tn Heb “hand.”
39 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification.
40 tn Or “against Ephraim,” that is, so as to prevent Ephraim from crossing.
41 tn The Hebrew text has a plural form here.
42 tn Heb “say to.”
43 tn Or “moist.”
44 tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.
45 tn Heb “with which no work has been done.”
46 tn Heb “he stretched out with strength.”
47 tn Heb “And the ones whom he killed in his death were many more than he killed in his life.”
48 tn Heb “What is this you say to me, ‘What to you?’”
49 tn By calling his concubine the old man’s “female servant,” the Levite emphasizes their dependence on him for shelter.
50 tc Some Hebrew
