Discovery BoxJudges 2:18 
Context2:18 When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people 1 from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them 2 when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them. 3
Judges 3:25
Context3:25 They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. 4 Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor! 5
Judges 7:22
Context7:22 When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords 6 throughout 7 the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went 8 to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath.
Judges 9:24
Context9:24 He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother 9 who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them. 10
1 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The phrase “for them” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “the ones oppressing them and afflicting them.” The synonyms “oppressing” and “afflicting” are joined together in the translation as “harsh oppressors” to emphasize the cruel character of their enemies.
4 tn The words “the doors” are supplied.
5 tn Heb “See, their master, fallen to the ground, dead.”
6 tn Heb “the
7 tc MT has “and throughout the camp,” but the conjunction (“and”) is due to dittography and should be dropped. Compare the ancient versions, which lack the conjunction here.
8 tn The words “they went” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
9 tn Heb “their brother.”
10 tn Heb “so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal might come, and their blood might be placed on Abimelech, their brother, who murdered them, and upon the leaders of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to murder his brothers.”
