Discovery BoxJudges 11:17 
Context11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us 1 to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. 2 Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. 3 So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
Judges 20:45
Context20:45 The rest 4 turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites 5 caught 6 five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels 7 all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.
1 tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)
2 tn Heb “did not listen.”
3 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the rest [of the Benjaminites]) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “and they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “gleaned.” The word is an agricultural term which pictures Israelites picking off the Benjaminites as easily as one picks grapes from the vine.
7 tn Heb “stuck close after them.”
