Discovery BoxJudges 4:14 
Context4:14 Deborah said to Barak, “Spring into action, 1 for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! 2 Has the Lord not taken the lead?” 3 Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
Judges 9:49
Context9:49 So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches 4 against the stronghold and set fire to it. 5 All the people 6 of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.
Judges 16:27
Context16:27 Now the temple 7 was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain.
Judges 20:2
Context20:2 The leaders 8 of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered 9 four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.
Judges 20:34
Context20:34 Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah – the battle was fierce. 10 But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. 11
1 tn Heb “Arise!”
2 tn 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
3 tn Heb “Has the
4 tn The words “the branches” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
5 tn Heb “they kindled over them the stronghold with fire.”
6 tn Or “men,” but the word seems to have a more general sense here, as the conclusion to the sentence suggests.
7 tn Heb “house.”
8 tn Heb “the cornerstones”; or “the supports.” The word is used of leaders in only three other texts – 1 Sam 14:38; Isa 19:13; Zech 10:4.
9 tn The words “which numbered” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
10 tn Heb “heavy”; or “severe.”
11 tn Heb “And they did not know that touching against them was disaster.”
