Judges 2:22
Context2:22 Joshua left those nations 1 to test 2 Israel. I wanted to see 3 whether or not the people 4 would carefully walk in the path 5 marked out by 6 the Lord, as their ancestors 7 were careful to do.”
Judges 9:1
Context9:1 Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother’s relatives. 8 He said to them and to his mother’s entire extended family, 9
Judges 14:8
Context14:8 Some time later, when he went back to marry 10 her, he turned aside to see the lion’s remains. He saw 11 a swarm of bees in the lion’s carcass, as well as some honey.
1 tn The words “Joshua left those nations” are interpretive. The Hebrew text of v. 22 simply begins with “to test.” Some subordinate this phrase to “I will no longer remove” (v. 21). In this case the
2 tn The Hebrew text includes the phrase “by them,” but this is somewhat redundant in English and has been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn The words “I [i.e., the
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Or “way [of life].”
6 tn “The words “marked out by” are interpretive.
7 tn Or “fathers.”
8 tn Heb “brothers.”
9 tn Heb “to all the extended family of the house of the father of his mother.”
10 tn Heb “get.”
11 tn Heb “and look, a swarm of bees…”